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Limited Service has resumed on the Lakeshore East line and trains are making all stops from Union to Oshawa. However expect lengthy delays due to limited track availability between Guildwood and Rouge Hill GO stations. Leave yourself lots of extra time as delays are expected to last throughout the rush hour. While service is resuming passengers with GO transit tickets can use those tickets on the TTC in order to connect to buses going from Toronto to Oshawa,

Due to a passenger fatality on the Lakeshore East line SHUTTLE TRAINS ARE IN SERVICE. According to GO transit, shuttle trains are in place between Union and Guildwood Stations as well as Oshawa and Pickering Stations. It appears that there is NO SERVICE OF ANY KIND BETWEEN PICKERING AND GUILDWOOD STATIONS.

For the most recent service updates, please check GO transit’s Service Updates page by clicking on the highlighted link.

Due to a passenger injury at track level there is currently NO SERVICE between Guildwood and Pickering GO stations on the Lakeshore East line. As a result all service will be turning back at Pickering and Guildwood stations until further notice. More info will be provided when it becomes available.

UPDATE AT 2:35 PM All service east of Guildwood on the Lakeshore East line has been suspended due to a passenger fatality. Passengers are advised they can use alternate GO bus routes Oshawa 94/95 and the Hwy 407 east service. As well TTC will accept valid GO tickets.

UPDATE AT 3:00 PM Passengers travelling east may use GO tickets on the TTC and connect with GO buses at Yorkdale, York Mills, Finch, or Scarborough Town Centre.

Thanks to Dave Fisher for alerting us to this detour.

The TTC plans on repairing the streetcar tracks on the Bathurst Street bridge, south of Front Street West, overnight tonight, Tuesday, March 9 and Wednesday, March 10, so it’s detouring car service.

(Some readers report that, in fact, the TTC started this project yesterday, Monday, March 8, and was already detouring the cars.)

Buses detour during the funeral and procession of Peel Region Police Constable Artem “James” Ochakovsky from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

York Region Transit again starts surveying passengers about where they’re traveling to and where they’re coming from until Wednesday, March 17. Surveyors display a YRT / Viva badges and will talk to passengers traveling on TTC buses serving stops north of Steeles Avenue.

The Toronto Board of Trade has surprised municipal politicians by asking the City of Toronto’s auditor general to review the Toronto Transit Commission.

The board’s president and chief executive officer, Carol Wilding, told the City’s budget committee on Monday, March 1, that both transit costs and fares are increasing too much. The City’s financial support for transit is likely to top $500 million in 2010, while fares increased 25 cents a ride on January 3.

The board wants Jeffrey Griffiths, Toronto’s auditor general, to analyze transit spending not because it suspects any financial wrong-doing, but to impartially assess the transit agency.

The City of Toronto’s Executive Committee last week rejected a City Councillor’s proposal to replace the current Toronto Transit Commission with a mix of politicians and business people.

Councillor Paul Ainslie’s plan would have left some control of the TTC in the hands of citizens with a business skills and experience — an idea popular among leading candidates for mayor, including George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi.

Ainslie asked the committee to consider filling the nine seats with three members of the public with a business background and six elected officials. Currently, all nine are councillors.

While the committee did not approve Ainslie’s motion, it did approve creating a permanent citizen’s advisory committee for the TTC — similar to the customer-service panel the TTC announced recently.

From the Transit Toronto Newspaper Article Clippings Archives, read:

• Toronto Star column, “Mixing up the TTC board is the better way”, here.
• National Post article, “Proposal for civilian oversight of TTC rejected”, here.

Friday, April 2 is the last day that GO Transit is operating buses along its 62 Newmarket - York Mills “B” route between Newmarket and York Mills GO Bus Terminals.

The buses currently serve just a few stops along Yonge Street Mondays to Fridays only during rush hours. However, GO has operated buses along this corridor since it first started providing bus service in 1971, offering passengers service along three routes, “A”, “B” and “C”. York Region Transit took over responsibility for the rest of this service on Saturday, August 30, 2003.

The City of Mississauga is closing

• Coopers Avenue between Kennedy Road (south) and Rose Cherry Place from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
• Kennedy Road between Traders Boulevard East / Coopers Avenue (south) and Eglinton Avenue East from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.,
• Matheson Boulevard East between Kennedy Road and Timberlea Boulevard from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
• Rose Cherry Place between Coopers Avenue and Matheson Boulevard East from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and
• Watline Avenue at Kennedy Road from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

to accommodate tomorrow’s funeral service for Peel Regional Police Constable Artem “James” Ochakovsky at the Hershey Centre. Constable Ochakovsky died on Tuesday, March 3, after suffering injuries during a motor vehicle accident while he was on duty.

Mississauga Transit is detouring buses operating along the 27 Matheson, 39 Britannia and 53 Kennedy routes during the funeral and procession.