Allandale25
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Metrolinx adjusting GO and UP schedules due to staff illness
The following August schedule changes will provide a more reliable experience that matches available crews.
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Hopefully "fall" is not used too technically here to mean they will start work only in December.More service this fall, thank goodness
Oh god please no, I hope the rumour of a labour day service increase is true.Hopefully "fall" is not used too technically here to mean they will start work only in December.
It isn't. There aren't enough crews for the service today, nevermind with any potential increases in service.Oh god please no, I hope the rumour of a labour day service increase is true.
Why is there short staffing? Are conductors and engineers quiting? CSAs realizing it's not a 9-5 or a combination of other reasons?It isn't. There aren't enough crews for the service today, nevermind with any potential increases in service.
Dan
Combination of illness and vacation. Many businesses are short staffed these days.Why is there short staffing? Are conductors and engineers quiting? CSAs realizing it's not a 9-5 or a combination of other reasons?
There is lost hope for September service. Brampton and MiWay already secretly updated their schedules up until October and for the most part it’s actually terrible and nothing new or not restored yet is here, aside from the returning Zum service to York University. Doubt that GO would be any better, especially with the shortages that they have going on. Definitely beyond disappointed with the current state of the overall transit in the GTA, especially as we’re technically running less service compared to what the past 2 years had in September.
Where did you find out the return of Zum to York University?There is lost hope for September service. Brampton and MiWay already secretly updated their schedules up until October and for the most part it’s actually terrible and nothing new or not restored yet is here, aside from the returning Zum service to York University. Doubt that GO would be any better, especially with the shortages that they have going on. Definitely beyond disappointed with the current state of the overall transit in the GTA, especially as we’re technically running less service compared to what the past 2 years had in September.
The Transit app has the schedules already updated, and Brampton has been doing that mostly for 1-2 weeks prior to their official service announcements. The service to York U shows that it would have 3-8 mins peak direction, but here's the catch... counter peak service only gets 30 min service, only the C branch will be running which is just Bramalea Terminal-York U and not to downtown Brampton, and there's no mid day, weekend, or evening service at all...Where did you find out the return of Zum to York University?
Part of the problem is that there are a dozen or so staff who have actually come down with COVID - although that number is actually less than it had been in weeks past.Why is there short staffing? Are conductors and engineers quiting? CSAs realizing it's not a 9-5 or a combination of other reasons?
I don't think the bus is cancelled. They may have cut some routes due to staff shortages. And since technically it's a redundant service, those crews can be used elsewhere.