Transit Toronto

A new express route between Square One and the airport area is the highlight when Mississauga Transit revises its routes and services, starting Monday, March 22.

MT is also renaming and renumbering several routes so that route names and numbers are consistent throughout the network of routes.

Buses detour during construction at Gunn’s Loop, west of Keele Street. The work is part of the final phase of the project to improve streetcar service along St. Clair Avenue West.

Buses detour off Burns Street East starting today until the end of June.

TTC buses operating along the 320 Yonge overnight route detour around the shoot at Front Street West and Bay Street late tonight (early Tuesday morning).

Transit agencies in Barrie, Burlington, Niagara Falls, Oakville and Toronto offer deals for students to get around town during the spring break.

Read Transit Toronto’s March 3 post for details.

Almost everyone who rides GO Transit buses or trains should carefully check their schedules, before setting out to the station or bus stop, starting Saturday, April 3.

The Toronto Star reports that, for the first time in 40 years, GO is revising all of its schedules to better reflect real trip times and to respond to an increasing number or riders. GO is adjusting the times of about 40 train trips by one to eight minutes — three minutes on average.

GO’s ridership has grown from about 36 million passengers in 1998 to about 55 million each year. More riders means trains have to stop longer as passengers board and exit. GO is also operating longer, 12-car trains on the Milton route and expects to operate 12-car trains on half of the Lakeshore trains later this fall, after it finishes its project to build a third set of tracks along the lines. Longer trains mean more people getting on and off the trains and that means trains need more time at each station.

Starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 16, GO Transit is closing off the east end of the platform at Whitby GO Station, while contractors start building a new pedestrian bridge. The bridge will connect the platforms to the south-east parking lot.

During this work, GO will restrict access to the trains and will only open the doors on the west-end coaches of the train, starting from the fifth car from the locomotive.

GO expects work to continue for about three months.

Start turning out your pockets or digging deep into your purse for pennies. Fish out those quarters from between the cushions of the couch. Check under the bed for nickels and dimes.

Just a reminder that you’ll need an extra 25 cents to travel by GO Transit, starting next Saturday, March 20.

You can read the details oF GO fares here.

Thursday, April 1 may be April Fools’ Day, but Burlington Transit isn’t fooling around. Riding the bus in Burlington will cost you more, starting that day.

You’ll have to add another quarter to the farebox, starting April 1. The cash fare for adult, student and senior passengers goes up by 25 cents from $2.75 to $3. The cash fare for children between 5 and 12 years of age also goes up by 25 cents from 60 to 65 cents.

You can see a list of current and upcoming Burlington Transit fares here.