Alstom gets the 5-year operation and maintenance contract for Toronto’s commuter rail service, GO Transit, and UP Express

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/20/go-transit-up-express-trains-contract-alstom-ontario-government/
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Alstom obtient le contrat d’opération et d’entretien de 5 ans du service de train de banlieue de Toronto, GO Transit, et UP Express

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#Toronto #Metrolinx #GOTransit #UPExpress #Alstom

Ontario government signs $1.3B deal with Alstom to operate, maintain GO Transit and UP Express trains

Alstom has been operating and maintaining GO Transit and UP Express trains on an interim basis after its previous contract ended in 2024.

CityNews Toronto
Shorter, more frequent GO train plan ‘unlikely to materialize’: leaked document

Metrolinx locked into agreements for trains it no longer needs, draft fleet strategy says

The Trillium
GO Transit outage will make it a nightmare getting to and from Toronto this weekend
GO Transit outages this weekend will throw a wrench in travel plans for anyone relying on the Lakeshore West Line to get to and from Toronto.Metrolinx will halt service on the Lakeshore West Line between Aldershot GO and Union Station starting on Saturday, March 21, until the end of service on Sunday, March 22.The regional transit agency states...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/03/go-transit-closures-weekend/
Does anyone in #Ontario know why the PID’s at all GO Transit station bus loops *never* actually show any bus arrival/departure info? It’s only ever ads which are, to be perfectly clear, NOT helpful when it’s -20C and windy and I’m just trying to get home. #Toronto #ONpoli #GOTransit #TransitTO #TO

GO train near Oakville was seconds away from ‘worst-case’ derailment, internal Metrolinx report shows

Again, this had to be leaked to the media because there’s no transparency about anything at Metrolinx.

#metrolinx #trains #gotrains #gotransit
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/go-train-near-oakville-was-seconds-away-from-worst-case-derailment-internal-metrolinx-report-shows/article_eea23cf0-1f5c-4f5a-8e32-ef2207646249.html

GO train near Oakville was seconds away from 'worst-case' derailment, internal Metrolinx report shows

Experts raise concerns about the GO network's safety infrastructure and Metrolinx's transparency.

Toronto Star

what the fuck the go train announcer just said my commute was sponsored ?!?!

#transit #GOTransit #TorontoON #OnPoli #CanadaPoli #PublicTransit

The only delay was because someone pressed the emergency alarm and we had to hold at Exhibition for 5-10 minutes.

#gotransit #derailment

I dunno what people were doing last night, but my commute home involved me getting to Union, waiting 5 minutes for my train's track to be announced, and using an unused stairway (literally) to get a seat on a full but not overcrowded train car.

Sorry to all the people who surged towards the same 2 stairways closest to the concourse escalators, but if you had looked slightly west of there you'd have seen me breezing to my train.

https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/02/03/gta-commuters-to-face-more-delays-on-go-transit-tuesday-following-train-derailment/

#gotransit #derailment

Derailed GO train removed from tracks but delays continue

Metrolinx is warning of more delays on GO Transit on Tuesday morning as crews work to restore service following a train derailment on Monday.

CP24
When to catch the last train home for free in Toronto on New Year’s
Annual traditions from Metrolinx's GO Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission's network of buses, subways and streetcars will mean riders aren't charged a fare overnight.
#NewYears #publictransportation #Toronto #Canada #GOTransit #Metrolinx
https://globalnews.ca/news/11595870/toronto-new-year-transit-2025/
When to catch the last train home for free in Toronto on New Year’s
Annual traditions from Metrolinx's GO Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission's network of buses, subways and streetcars will mean riders aren't charged a fare overnight.
#NewYears #publictransportation #Toronto #Canada #GOTransit #Metrolinx
https://globalnews.ca/news/11595870/toronto-new-year-transit-2025/