[lastcommodore]

I'm surprised the transit numbers are higher in Mississauga than Brampton. Maybe that is helped by the Lakeshore line.

The Milton Line actually. Probably 2 or 3 times the ridership of the Clarkson and Port Credit stations.

Based off 2023 numbers (If you want to extrapolate to 2025 numbers, add 50%)

LSW, Port Credit + Clarkson: 3,650,550 boardings + alightings (+901,716 if you include Long Branch)
Milton, Dixie + Cooksville + Erindale + Streetsville + Meadowvale + Lisgar: 2,211,283 B+A (All of this is less than Clarkson alone at 2,336,591 riders!)
Kitchener, Bramalkea + Brampton + Mt. Pleasant GO: 3,812,967 B+A (+638,623 if you include Malton)

 

[doady]

I was talking about average weekday boardings, not annual boardings, because the transit mode share numbers are for commutes only. Of course Milton Line is not going to have high annual boardings since there is no service outside of weekday peak hours.

 

[Dan416]

I was talking about average weekday boardings, not annual boardings, because the transit mode share numbers are for commutes only. Of course Milton Line is not going to have high annual boardings since there is no service outside of weekday peak hours.

Depends if you count trains only or trains + buses, because Milton definitely has off-peak bus service. And I realized Milton actually has better late night service than Lakeshore. I wasn't planning to be out too late last night, and I had taken Lakeshore, but I realized the last train back was at 12:47 am, whereas the last Milton bus is at 2:20 am. My car was at Port Credit, so I had to leave early to catch the 12:47 LW train.

 

[anb]

Depends if you count trains only or trains + buses, because Milton definitely has off-peak bus service. And I realized Milton actually has better late night service than Lakeshore. I wasn't planning to be out too late last night, and I had taken Lakeshore, but I realized the last train back was at 12:47 am, whereas the last Milton bus is at 2:20 am. My car was at Port Credit, so I had to leave early to catch the 12:47 LW train.

Actually they always run late night buses at the bus terminal up until 2-3am on each GO line after the final trains depart Union.

GO bus route 18 is the bus equivalent to the LW line, and there are buses at 1:05am and 2:30am at Union Bus Terminal that go straight to Port Credit first before going to the other stations west of it, all the way to Hamilton. And there's still the route 16 buses that go from Union straight to Hamilton non stop and it's an all day bus service. Overall, the LW corridor still has the higher ridership on both its trains and buses.

 

[doady]

Right, I forgot about the buses. Milton train around 31k per weekday, bus around 6k per weekday. Lakeshore West train 64k. Before COVID anyways...

Before the LRT construction, I preferred to take the 103 all the way down to Port Credit outside rush hour. They replaced the 38 on Britannia/Bancroft with the 37, then they cancelled the 37, so Erindale no longer a good option during rush unless I am willing to walk or transfer to 39/43.

So now I prefer to take subway. 5 to Long Branch was too slow before they took it off Ogden, I might try it again. 5 doesn't have 24 hour service though.

Btw, anyone else find it annoying the website doesn't allow you to see trips after 12am unless you set time as 11:55PM? If you set time to 12AM or later, you get no results.