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7 unusual facts about GO Transit


Go Station

Any station in the GO Transit system, in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada

GO Transit

The design was created by Gangon/Valkus, a Montreal-based design firm that was also responsible for the corporate identities of Canadian National and Hydro-Québec.

A majority of the buses in the fleet are single-level D4500 coach buses built by MCI, which can seat 57 people.

Knob Hill Farms

There has been some discussion of re-using the site as a GO Transit station on an extended Lakeshore East line which would run right in front of it, but Metrolinx and the properly owner did not reach an agreement.

Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal

It is primarily served by GO Transit buses running along the Lakeshore East and Highway 407/York University corridors, with longer distance connections outside the Greater Toronto Area by Greyhound, Coach Canada, Megabus and Can-ar, and additional casino services.

Union Station Bus Terminal

The Union Station Bus Terminal is part of GO Transit's facilities at Union Station in downtown Toronto, which is the hub for GO Transit's commuter rail service.

York Mills Bus Terminal

The terminal mainly supports GO Transit's bus services east and west across the Highway 401 corridor and is adjacent to York Mills station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto Subway.


Canadian Pacific Police Service

The Canadian Pacific Police Service (CPPS) is a private police force enforcing safety and policing along Canadian Pacific Railway properties and rail lines in Canada and the United States, including limited sections of the Milton line of GO Transit in the Greater Toronto Area.

CN York Subdivision

This allowed GO Transit to offer passenger trains along this route starting in 1967, on what is today known as the Lakeshore East line.

Finch Avenue

The station features a large TTC bus terminal, and the adjoining Finch Bus Terminal is a hub for GO Transit, Viva and York Region Transit buses.

Rouge Hill GO Station

Rouge Hill is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located at 6251 Lawrence Avenue East, near the former Port Union station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Simcoe Street Tunnel

Morrison Hershfield the project managers, designers, contract administrators and site engineers, worked with the railway companies including Via Rail, CNR, Amtrak and Go Transit to ensure the services of 177 daily scheduled trains that passed over the tunnel were maintained.

York University Heights

The York University Commons, about 500 metres from the Village, serves as a large regional terminal served by GO Transit, York Region Transit, Viva, Brampton Transit and Greyhound.


see also

Erindale GO Station

Erindale acted as a terminus for the midday trains that GO Transit once operated on the Milton Line during the early to mid-1990s, but these trains no longer run because of budget cutbacks made by the Mike Harris Progressive Conservative government.

King City

King City GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community

Lakeshore West line

During the summer and early autumn, GO Transit offers an excursion train to St. Catharines and Niagara Falls on weekends and holidays.

Port Credit

Port Credit GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community

Richard Ducharme

In 1999 he left GO Transit to join the Toronto Transit Commission as General Manager, replacing David Gunn who announced his retirement on October 7, 1998.

Weston railway station

Weston GO Station, a GO Transit station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada