Don Yard Expansion Will Support More GO Train Trips Across the Region
Ontario is improving the busy Union Station GO rail corridor to better manage congestion, increase service, and support the growing number of commuters across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).
The improvements include an upgrade and expansion of the Don Yard facility to provide additional train storage and train servicing capabilities close to Union Station. This will allow Metrolinx to better meet future growth and demand for GO and UP Express service, while reducing fuel consumption and costs.
This project supports Ontario's
GO Regional Express Rail (RER) plan. GO RER represents a historic investment in GO Transit that will bring faster, more frequent and more convenient transit service to communities across the GTHA by 2025. It will increase the number of weekly trips across the network from about 1,500 to nearly 6,000 over 10 years.
Ontario is making the largest infrastructure investment in hospitals, schools, public transit, roads and bridges in the province's history. To learn more about what's happening in your community, go to
Ontario.ca/BuildON.
Improving regional transit infrastructure is part of our plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives.
QUICK FACTS
- Ontario is investing to upgrade and expand the Don Yard. The cost estimate is $17.1 million.
- The project includes modifying existing tracks and creating three new storage tracks, 300 meters of new concrete retaining walls, a substation upgrade, and compressed air systems that will reduce train noise and allow trains to shut down during layover periods.
- In three years these new tracks will become mainline tracks as part of the RER expansion. They are designed to meet mainline standards.
- Since 2013, Ontario and Metrolinx have built three new GO stations, renovated 10 existing GO stations, and added a total of 7,000 new GO station parking spots. They have also purchased 220 new GO buses, 69 new GO train coaches, and 10 new GO train locomotives.
- As of September 2016, GO Transit’s fleet included 75 new fuel efficient locomotives, 656 bi-level passenger coaches and around 500 buses.