Some Durham Region GO changes coming at the end of June in conjunction with the launch of DRT's new Pulse "BRT light" service. This is from the 2013 Durham Region Transit Servicing Study, which is part of the Durham budget process:
- Route 94 discontinued and replaced by the Pulse service.
- 96 continues
- 95 renamed 92 and rerouted to Yorkdale, still serving as semi-express service,
- new route 98 Pickering/Finch between Pickering GO and Finch, serving Highway 2 from Liverpool to Fairport before going on 401.
- An accessible transfer stop will be set up at the between Whites and Liverpool. No word of any frequency changes to 96.
So GO will remain in the corridor with the primary route 92 going to Yorkdale and the new 98 providing a transfer option, plus service to Pickering GO, from Finch. The apparent loss is that any travel from east of Liverpool to Finch will require a transfer.
Related is that the DRT-GO "one fare anywhere" agreement will be discontinued for the Highway 2 corridor, so these routes will no longer accept DRT fares, although GO routes 71/81/88/90/91 will continue to do so.