Metrolinx News - April 26, 2023

Introducing the newly enhanced GO Transit website!

The new GO Transit website has been completely redesigned, to make it easier to navigate for customers and improve website functionality.?

The new site has made important accessibility upgrades and features many new online tools including personalized trip planning, and more real-time updates.

There’s also a new user profile option allowing customers to create a customized experience based on their interests and travel preferences.

See it for yourself and let us know what you think!

New vehicles & canopies! See progress on the Finch West LRT

Our construction teams have made substantial progress on the Finch West LRT project in 2023.

Learn more about the project.

New video: Learn more about the Barrie line’s new elevated section

The Davenport Diamond Guideway takes the transit agency’s 56-year-history to whole new heights.?

For the first time ever, GO Trains are now travelling along an elevated section of tracks above Toronto’s busy streets.?

While the first trains started traveling on the guideway earlier this month, this is the first official look at the GO Trains in action – from a variety of different angles.??

GOing to school with GO - How GO Transit is getting students to campus

More options for more students.

GO Transit is continuing to enhance its service with the addition of the new GO Bus Route 17.

The bus route, which started running yesterday (April 10) connects students to McMaster University, the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier and the University of Guelph, whose students make up some of the highest ridership across post secondary schools.

Are you a high school graduate? Click here for more information.

Earth Month: Metrolinx staff join community members in park clean-up

In honour of Earth Day, Metrolinx staff and community members picked up garbage in more than 12 locations across Toronto, as part of this year’s Clean Toronto Together campaign.

Earth Month: Delivering more transit while minimizing the carbon footprint

Earth Month creates an opportunity, each year in April, to raise environmental awareness and share new options to create more sustainable development.

Metrolinx works year-round to minimize its carbon footprint while delivering transit options that encourage people to use public transit.

For example, Metrolinx is helping transit agencies with the transition to battery electric buses.

The move to zero emission buses is about more than buying vehicles. Transit agencies will need to make plans for changes like retrofitting garages.

That’s why, on behalf of 13 agencies, Metrolinx has contracted with HDR, an engineering, architecture and consulting firm. Each agency will receive a customized report outlining a plan to prepare their fleet for conventional battery electric city buses.

Read about our other sustainable actions taken this year.

Reminder: Queen Street diversion starts May 1 for Ontario Line work

Starting May 1, 2023, all vehicle traffic will be diverted off Queen Street from Bay Street to Yonge Street and from Yonge Street to Victoria Street for an estimated four and a half years – an important step forward in construction of Ontario Line’s future Queen Station.

Closing this section of street to vehicle traffic will expedite construction for the project by roughly one year compared to an approach with multiple partial closures. This means commuters can enjoy the benefits of the Ontario Line faster and with less disruption to the community.

Learn more here.

Thanks for reading Metrolinx News!

Read more updates on Metrolinx.com!