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I see #Metrolinx is getting ready for the #WorldCup games in #Toronto. Practising shutting the #LakeshoreWest line down for the weekend. Will they go all in and shut it down for next weekend when the #CanMNT plays #ISL at 1pm? #fedifc #onpoli

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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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via: https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/ailleurs-au-canada-transports-en-commun/1668/178?u=edwing

#Toronto #Metrolinx #GOTransit #UPExpress #Alstom

Metrolinx weighs removing UP Express luggage racks to add standing room: leaked document

Also standardize 3-car trains (existing fleet), and 4-car train (would require new purchase)

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/municipalities-transit-and-infrastructure/metrolinx-weighs-removing-up-express-luggage-racks-to-add-standing-room-leaked-document-12002636

#upexpress #metrolinx #toronto #TorontoPearson

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

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/municipalities-transit-and-infrastructure/shorter-more-frequent-go-train-plan-unlikely-to-materialize-leaked-document-12002596

#gotransit #gotrains #metrolinx #ontario #transit

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