GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[cbrown2009]

I know GO just improved service on the Kitchener so with that in mind.........

If I was just an average person who wanted to go from Bramalea to Union and back but not in rush hour, how frequent is the service and what about Saturday/Sunday? Also what about service at 10PM or later?

Outside of rush hour, Bramalea receives consistent 30 minute westbound service at 4 & 34 minutes after the hour. First train west 6:34am, last at 30 minutes at 10:34pm. There is also an 11:34pm departure, usually the last of the night. Eastbound trips depart Bramalea at 00 and 24-28 minutes past each hour up until 10:26pm. There is a final departure at 11:26pm arriving at Union after midnight.. Not quite consistent 30 minute service but consistent nonetheless. There is still a counter peak quirk where eastbound service goes to hourly (but you asked about outside rush hour..) In total, rush hour & express service in, there are now 78 daily trips to/from Bramalea

Weekend service is hourly eastbound 8am-2pm, then goes 2 tph from 2:28pm till last train at 11pm. Westbound starts at 8:48am hourly, adding half hourly departures at 3:18pm until last train at 11:48pm. Total 50 trips both ways daily. From Bramalea. Service and frequencies thin out the further west you go..

 

[cbrown2009]

Outside of rush hour, Bramalea receives consistent 30 minute westbound service at 4 & 34 minutes after the hour. First train west 6:34am, last at 30 minutes at 10:34pm. There is also an 11:34pm departure, usually the last of the night. Eastbound trips depart Bramalea at 00 and 24-28 minutes past each hour up until 10:26pm. There is a final departure at 11:26pm arriving at Union after midnight.. Not quite consistent 30 minute service but consistent nonetheless. There is still a counter peak quirk where eastbound service goes to hourly (but you asked about outside rush hour..) In total, rush hour & express service in, there are now 78 daily trips to/from Bramalea

Weekend service is hourly eastbound 8am-2pm, then goes 2 tph from 2:28pm till last train at 11pm. Westbound starts at 8:48am hourly, adding half hourly departures at 3:18pm until last train at 11:48pm. Total 50 trips both ways daily. From Bramalea. Service and frequencies thin out the further west you go..

View attachment 700253View attachment 700256View attachment 700255

Screen shots are mine..

 

[Allandale25]

Several projects pushed out to late 2026, including the Mount Joy passing track and Stouffville GO turnback signal, or removed all together from the latest Dec 1 CPG file.

https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/Documents/Metrolinx/Procurement_Pipeline_-_Construction_Delivery_and_Professional_Support_Services_for_Rapid_Transit_and_GO_UP.pdf

I guess page 5 hasn't been updated since the last version as it still mentions "Deutsche Bahn International Operations GmbH)" being part of GO Expansion?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Damn them for the pre-Christmas LSW weekend closures.

AoD

 

[ShonTron]

Apparently GO bus service will return to Humber College in January 2026, according to the TTC's website. I was wondering because I saw a poster in the subway that touted connections to GO, Miway and YRT on Line 6, but didn't mention Brampton Transit, which runs a lot more service there than Miway or YRT, and GO wouldn't even connect at all.

Regional transit and subway connections​

---

Transit hub
Passengers can connect with GO (as of January 2026), Brampton, MiWay, and York Region transit at the bus bay located near Humber College Station.

 

[stevensontransit]

Apparently GO bus service will return to Humber College in January 2026, according to the TTC's website. I was wondering because I saw a poster in the subway that touted connections to GO, Miway and YRT on Line 6, but didn't mention Brampton Transit, which runs a lot more service there than Miway or YRT, and GO wouldn't even connect at all.

Regional transit and subway connections​

---

Transit hub
Passengers can connect with GO (as of January 2026), Brampton, MiWay, and York Region transit at the bus bay located near Humber College Station.

Could it be the 38 Bolton malton bus be one of the routes?

 

[ShonTron]

Could it be the 38 Bolton malton bus be one of the routes?

I’d like to know. The 38 hasn’t gone anywhere near that way since the Etobicoke North-Nobleton-Bolton branch disappeared quite a while ago.

It’d make sense when Woodbine GO station gets built, but I don't see the point of going to Etobicoke North vs. Malton unless service via Nobleton returns.

 

[anb]

Its great that GO buses will go to Humber but its a little confusing on where it would go as most of the nearby GO hubs are already or will be serviced with local transit (Bramalea, Malton, Woodbine, Viscount/Pearson, Renforth, Sq One, Kipling, etc).

38 Bolton doesn’t exactly make sense unless they convert the route into an all day thing and probably short turn most of its runs within Brampton, but it probably also wouldn’t do as well as there is already the 50 Gore Rd heading in that direction.

Guessing it would be most likely that this route is a part of the Hwy 407 corridor, with the first stop either to Bramalea via 427/407 or Hwy 407 Station via 27/407, but we’ll have to wait and see until GO announces their service changes.

 

[ScreamingViking]

Damn them for the pre-Christmas LSW weekend closures.

AoD

This is what happens when work is continually postponed earlier in the fall.

 

[ssiguy2]

Thanks for those schedules cbrown2009, much appreciated.

When you consider Brampton has 800,000 and about another million to Kitchener, that is really lousy service. I know there are GO buses but they get stuck in the same traffic as everyone else. At a minimum, those frequencies should be doubled across the board. I realize Brampton is a problem with CN but surely they could run more trains to Bramalea with better bus connection until they fix the problems with CN at Brampton & Mt.Pleasant stations.

 

[ShonTron]

Thanks for those schedules cbrown2009, much appreciated.

When you consider Brampton has 800,000 and about another million to Kitchener, that is really lousy service. I know there are GO buses but they get stuck in the same traffic as everyone else. At a minimum, those frequencies should be doubled across the board. I realize Brampton is a problem with CN but surely they could run more trains to Bramalea with better bus connection until they fix the problems with CN at Brampton & Mt.Pleasant stations.

I mean that’s what they’re doing. There’s 30 minute train service to Bramalea most of the time on weekdays now and in the afternoon/early evening on weekends (it should be at all times, but I digress).

Mount Pleasant isn’t a problem, it’s Downtown Brampton. And that’s in the planning stages now.

Brampton has been neglected by GO for decades, but it’s certainly not these days.

 

[crs1026]

Damn them for the pre-Christmas LSW weekend closures.

But then, there's this.... which may be worse in the long run....

- Paul

 

[cbrown2009]

Thanks for those schedules cbrown2009, much appreciated.

When you consider Brampton has 800,000 and about another million to Kitchener, that is really lousy service. I know there are GO buses but they get stuck in the same traffic as everyone else. At a minimum, those frequencies should be doubled across the board. I realize Brampton is a problem with CN but surely they could run more trains to Bramalea with better bus connection until they fix the problems with CN at Brampton & Mt.Pleasant stations.

No problem. I have to agree with ShonTron though. Half-hour service to Bramalea through large chunks of the day 7 days/week is pretty good for right now. Even Lakeshore E/W only have it slightly better with trains running later into the night.. And downtown Brampton & Mount Pleasant are slightly bigger blips on the horizon now with the deal in place between ML & CN and currently see hourly service 7 days a week (the substantial counter-peak gaps notwithstanding...) Just hopefully it doesn't take too many years to see the Bramalea - Georgetown stretch fully realized...

 

[zzc_992]

Some service changes on Jan 3:

• New 40M and 40H branches that serves Humber College LRT station on weekdays. 40M will also serve Unionville GO, 7 trips daily each way.
• Routes 54 and 66 are removed from service

 

[ARG1]

Some service changes on Jan 3:

• New 40M and 40H branches that serves Humber College LRT station on weekdays. 40M will also serve Unionville GO, 7 trips daily each way.
• Routes 54 and 66 are removed from service

Watch it be faster to take these busses than Finch West from Finch West to Humber College.