GO Transit bus services
GO Transit bus services are provided throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and the Greater Golden Horseshoe.[1]
While GO Transit started as a single train line in 1967, 15 buses were introduced on September 8, 1970, extending service beyond the original Lakeshore line to Hamilton and Oshawa, as well as providing service north to Newmarket and Barrie. In 1989, GO started running buses between outer train stations and Union at off-peak times when trains were not scheduled. The bus network started expanding beyond train lines, feeding rail service and serving communities beyond the reach of existing trains. In 2000, GO Transit went beyond its existing train corridors and began service along Highway 407, linking York University to Oshawa, Mississauga and Oakville.[2][3]
The GO Transit bus fleet consists of 366 single-level coach buses and 139 double-decker buses. Two of the coach buses are diesel-electric hybrid vehicles. GO Transit began acquiring double-decker buses in 2007 to relieve crowding on some routes. The first generation stood at a height of 4.3 metres, and second and third generations were built and acquired at even lower heights – in 2013 and 2016 at 4.15 and 3.9 metres, respectively – that allowed them to pass under lower bridges and trees and be used on additional routes. All of the buses are equipped with bike racks.[1][3][4][5][6]
GO buses serve 15 bus terminals, as well as several local stops which include carpool/park and ride lots established by the Ministry of Transportation along Ontario highways. On average, 2,458 weekday and 1,218 weekend bus trips are made, with 70% of all bus travellers going to or from Toronto. All GO Transit fares are calculated by the fare zones that the origin and destination of the trip are in, as well as by passenger category (adult, student, senior or child). GO bus fares are not differentiated based whether or not trains are used for part of the trip.[4][7]
Routes
Lakeshore West corridor
Milton corridor
Kitchener corridor
Highway 407 corridor
Richmond Hill corridor
Route | Major Stops | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Richmond Hill[29] | 61 | Union • Langstaff GO • Richmond Hill GO • Gormley GO | ||
61A | Union • Richmond Hill GO | Express | ||
61B | Union • Langstaff GO | Express | ||
61C | Union • Richmond Hill GO • Gormley GO | Express | ||
61D | Union • Langstaff GO • Richmond Hill GO | |||
61E | Richmond Hill GO • Gormley GO |
Barrie corridor
Stouffville corridor
Route | Major Stops | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Stouffville[33] | ||||
70 | Unionville GO • Centennial GO • Markham GO • Mount Joy GO • Stouffville GO • Lincolnville GO • Goodwood • Uxbridge | Weekdays | ||
70B | Lincolnville GO • Goodwood • Uxbridge | Weekdays | ||
71 | Union • Unionville GO • Centennial GO • Markham GO • Mount Joy GO • Stouffville GO • Lincolnville GO • Goodwood • Uxbridge | |||
71A | Union • Markham GO • Mount Joy GO • Stouffville GO • Lincolnville GO • Goodwood • Uxbridge | Weekdays | ||
71C | Union • Unionville GO • Centennial GO • Markham GO • Mount Joy GO • Stouffville GO • Lincolnville GO | |||
71F | Union • Unionville GO • Centennial GO | Weekdays | ||
71G | Union • Unionville GO | Fridays, Weekends & Holidays Express |
Lakeshore East corridor
Terminals, stations and carpool/park and ride lots
Maintenance facilities
GO buses are maintained at 5 facilities:[1]
- Brampton
- Halton Hills
- Oshawa
- Steeprock
- Streetville
Notes
- 1 2 3 "GO Transit: Bus Fact Sheet" (PDF). GO Transit. January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ↑ Drost, Peter; Kerim, Jordan; Bow, James (25 June 2015). "The GO-ALRT Program". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- 1 2 "GO keeps Growing – we now have 500 buses on the road to serve you better". GO Transit. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- 1 2 "GO Transit: Fact Sheet" (PDF). GO Transit. January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ↑ "New Lower Double-Decker Buses Are Now In Service". GO Transit. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ontario Unveils New Accessible Double-Decker GO Buses" (Press release). Government of Ontario. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ↑ "Fare Information". GO Transit. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ↑ "Niagara Falls/Toronto GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Brantford/Burlington GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Hamilton/Toronto Express GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Lakeshore West GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Mississauga/North York GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Milton/Oakville GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Milton GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Cambridge/Milton GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Waterloo/Mississauga GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Milton/North York GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Canada’s Wonderland GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Guelph/Mississauga GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Kitchener GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Brampton Trinity Common/North York GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Pearson Airport/North York GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Brampton/North York GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Orangeville/Brampton GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Bolton GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Hamilton/Richmond Hill GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "407 West GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "407 East GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Richmond Hill GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Barrie GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Newmarket/North York Express GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Keswick/North York GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Stouffville GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Port Perry/Whitby GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Peterborough/Oshawa GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Lakeshore East GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Oshawa/Yorkdale GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Durham College & UOIT/Scarborough Express GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Oshawa/Finch Express GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ GO Transit: ABPR
- ↑ GO Transit: A404
- ↑ "Hwy 404 - Aurora Rd". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: BARI
- ↑ GO Transit: OQPR
- ↑ "QEW - Ontario Street". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ↑ GO Transit: BOWI
- ↑ GO Transit: 50PR
- ↑ GO Transit: BOPR
- ↑ GO Transit: BLTT
- ↑ GO Transit: BRPT
- ↑ GO Transit: BRFT
- ↑ GO Transit: B7CL
- ↑ "Hwy 407 - Bronte Rd". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: BRKL
- ↑ GO Transit: BROU
- ↑ GO Transit: D7CL
- ↑ "Hwy 407 - Dundas St W". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: CLDN
- ↑ "Hwy 10 - Peel Rd 24". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: CBBT
- ↑ GO Transit: CAVC
- ↑ "Hwy 115 - Peterborough Rd 10". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: H35N
- ↑ "Hwy 35 - Hwy 115". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: N404
- ↑ "Hwy 404 - Davis Dr". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: EMTW
- 1 2 MISSISSAUGA TRANSITWAY PROJECT
- ↑ GO Transit: FNCH
- ↑ GO Transit: GRBY
- ↑ "Hwy QEW - Casablanca Blvd". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ R. J. Burnside & Associates Limited (October 2010). "Station Alternatives - Grimsby - Casablanca Blvd" (PDF). Hamilton to Niagara Rail Expansion Environmental Assessment. GO Transit. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: H407
- ↑ GO Transit: KITB
- ↑ GO Transit: M400
- ↑ "Hwy 400 - Major Mackenzie Dr". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: MCUV
- ↑ GO Transit: MLPR
- ↑ "Hwy 401 - Hwy 25/Main Street". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: NCPR
- ↑ "Hwy 35/115 - Durham Rd - Hwy 2". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: NMKT
- ↑ GO Transit: 9400
- ↑ "Hwy 400 - Hwy 9". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: NIFT
- ↑ GO Transit: NFST
- ↑ GO Transit: OAKT
- ↑ "Hwy 407 - Trafalgar Road South". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: OR10
- ↑ "Hwy 10 - Hwy 9/Beuna Vista Dr". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: ORPR
- ↑ GO Transit: OSHW
- ↑ GO Transit: PETB
- ↑ GO Transit: PTBS
- ↑ "Hwy 7 - The Parkway". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: Q404
- ↑ "Hwy 404 - Queensville Sideroad". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: RHCT
- ↑ GO Transit: SCAR
- ↑ GO Transit: SPWD
- ↑ GO Transit: S1TM
- ↑ GO Transit: STON
- ↑ GO Transit: TRTU
- ↑ GO Transit: USBT
- ↑ "Union Station Bus Terminal". GO Transit. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ↑ GO Transit: GUNI
- ↑ GO Transit: SCCO
- ↑ GO Transit: WUNI
- ↑ GO Transit: WILL
- ↑ "Highway 410 - Williams Parkway". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: WICH
- ↑ GO Transit: W404
- ↑ "Hwy 404 - Woodbine Avenue". Traveller's Information, Carpool Lots. MTO. Retrieved January 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ GO Transit: YKDL
- ↑ GO Transit: YKML
- ↑ GO Transit: YRKU