Go Transit is adding extra express trains between Hamilton’s West Harbour, Aldershot and Union Station.
In the morning, four additional eastbound trips will now run express:
6:10 a.m. West Harbour GO – Union Station 7:17 a.m.
6:51 a.m. Aldershot GO – Union Station 7:47 a.m.
7:10 a.m. West Harbour GO – Union Station 8:17 a.m.
7:51 a.m. Aldershot GO – Union Station 8:47 a.m.
In the afternoon, four additional westbound trips will now run express:
3:56 p.m. Union Station – West Harbour GO 5:05 p.m.
4:24 p.m. Union Station – Aldershot GO 5:21 p.m.
4:56 p.m. Union Station – West Harbour GO 6:05 p.m.
5:24 p.m. Union Station – Aldershot GO 6:21 p.m.
With the conversion of some morning and afternoon trips from all stops to express, customers travelling to or from stations between Port Credit and Exhibition GO are reminded to check schedules before they travel.
Express trains will not stop at Exhibition, Mimico, Long Branch or Port Credit GO stations.
Passengers travelling to Port Credit, Long Branch, Mimico or Exhibition GO stations from stations west of Oakville during the morning rush hour, will need to transfer trains at Oakville GO and wait up to 20 minutes for your eastbound connection.
Passengers travelling from Exhibition, Mimico, Long Branch or Port Credit GO to Oakville GO or beyond during the afternoon rush hour, will need to transfer trains at Clarkson GO and wait up to 19 minutes for your westbound connection.
Some trips on the Lakeshore West line will depart up to three minutes earlier or later and most rush hour departure times have been adjusted. Passengers are reminded to ensure you check your schedules before they travel.
More service to Niagara Falls and service resumes at St. Catharines GO
GO Transit continues to add more train service to Niagara. Starting immediately they are adding new train service between Toronto and Niagara Falls Here is the updated Niagara Falls train schedule:
Weekend and holiday trains:
12:05 p.m. Niagara Falls GO – Union Station 2:20 p.m.
4:05 p.m. Niagara Falls GO – Union Station 6:25 p.m.
8:05 p.m. Niagara Falls GO – Union Station 10:25 p.m.
9:03 a.m. Union Station – Niagara Falls GO 11:24 a.m.
1:03 p.m. Union station – Niagara Falls GO 3:21 p.m.
5:03 p.m. Union Station – Niagara Falls GO 7:21 p.m.
Weekday trains:
6:32 a.m. Niagara Falls GO – Union Station 9:04 a.m.
1:10 p.m. Niagara Falls Go – Union Station 3:24 p.m.
9:10 p.m. Niagara Falls GO – Union Station 11:24 p.m.
9:52 a.m. Union Station – Niagara Falls GO 12:07 p.m.
5:12 p.m. Union Station – Niagara Falls GO 7:48 p.m.
9:52 p.m. Union Station – Niagara Falls GO 12:07 a.m.
These trip times provide new opportunities for day trips, overnight visits, and concerts and events in Niagara Falls and Toronto, complementing existing weekday schedules to and from Niagara during the morning and afternoon rush hours.
GO bus route 12
For more options to and from Niagara outside of train times, there is hourly service on GO bus route 12 between Niagara Falls and Burlington GO, with connections to Lakeshore West train service.
Service resumes at St. Catharine’s GO station
Construction is now complete for the Welland Canal rehabilitation project and, starting on May 20, train service is back at St. Catharines GO.
Weekday departures towards Union Station:
6:57 a.m.
1:35 p.m.
9:35 p.m.
Weekday departures towards Niagara Falls:
11:39 a.m.
7:20 p.m.
11:39 p.m.
Weekend departures towards Union Station:
12:31 p.m.
4:31 p.m.
8:31 p.m.
Weekend departures towards Niagara Falls:
10:56 a.m.
2:53 p.m.
6:53 p.m.
The recreation and leisure opportunities with the expanded service between Hamilton and Niagara Falls is nice, but it is the express service between Hamilton and Union Station that I really need. There is little or no point taking “rapid” transit on a dedicated route if it is slower than driving because of all of the stops. Unfortunately this isn’t going to benefit me. None of these additional trips are going to get me to work in Toronto for a start time of 7 a.m. Okay not everything is for me. I get that. I appreciate that. But I moved closer to transit to get out of my car. And I still need to drive to work many days to get there on time or drive to Burlington to take transit. If I take express GO Bus service from the Hunter Street Station at 5:20 A.M. I have to wake up earlier than if I drove to work at 5:30 a.m. (Walking to the station is about 15 minutes) The trip home means train service from Union Station to Aldershot. But it is a 40 minute wait for the connecting GO Bus from Aldershot to Hamilton. Not including the time that the bus takes to travel to Hamilton. On the weekends I would have to take a 4:40 a.m. bus that makes many stops between Hamilton and Union Station. And then in Toronto the subway service doesn’t start on the TTC until after I am scheduled to begin work.
Public transit systems are designed to move the largest possible amount of people from one place to another during the times where there is the most demand. It reduces the traffic on the highways if done properly. But in many ways our GO Transit system is built to bring upper middle class people from Burlington and Oakville to the financial district with greater convenience and allow recreational travel to The Game. It will increase the value of land and condos along the Niagara corridor and maintain property values in Halton region. It won’t get many of us to work on time. It will contribute to increasing our rents.