GO Transit

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GO Transit
Overview
Owner	Metrolinx
Locale	Golden Horseshoe
Transit type	Commuter rail Intercity bus service
Number of lines	8 rail + 39 bus
Number of stations	71 rail 15 bus + numerous stops[1]
Daily ridership	240,400 (weekdays, Q4 2023)[2]
Annual ridership	56,036,900 (2023)[3]
Key people	Phil Verster (President & CEO)[4] Martin Gallagher (COO)[4]
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada[5]
Website	www.gotransit.com
Operation
Began operation	May 23, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-05-23)[1]
Operator(s)	Alstom
Reporting marks	GOT
Infrastructure manager(s)	Canadian National Railway Canadian Pacific Kansas City Metrolinx
Number of vehicles	96 locomotives 979 passenger coaches 752 buses: 269 (single-level) 248 (double decker)[6]
Technical
System length	625 kilometres (388 mi) (rail) 2,776 kilometres (1,725 mi) (bus)[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
System map GO Transit rail services Legend Corridor to Quebec City Old Elm Stouffville line Stouffville Oshawa Lakeshore East line Mount Joy Whitby Markham Ajax Centennial Pickering Unionville Rouge Hill Milliken Guildwood Agincourt Eglinton Kennedy Allandale Waterfront Barrie line Scarborough Barrie South Danforth Bradford Canadian to Vancouver East Gwillimbury Bloomington Richmond Hill line Newmarket Gormley Aurora Richmond Hill King City Langstaff Maple Old Cummer Rutherford Oriole Downsview Park Union Station Kipling Dixie Bloor Cooksville Weston Erindale Etobicoke North Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton Milton line Union Pearson Express to Pearson Malton Exhibition Bramalea Mimico Brampton Long Branch Mount Pleasant Port Credit Georgetown Clarkson Acton Oakville Guelph Bronte Kitchener Appleby Burlington Aldershot Corridor to Sarnia / Windsor Hamilton Lakeshore West line West Harbour St. Catharines Niagara Falls Lakeshore West line Maple Leaf to New York This diagram: view talk edit

GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's green-and-white trains and buses serve a population of more than seven million across an area over 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi) stretching from Kitchener in the west to Peterborough in the east, and from Barrie in the north to Niagara Falls in the south. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 56,036,900. GO Transit operates diesel-powered double-decker trains and coach buses, on routes that connect with all local and some long-distance inter-city transit services in its service area.^[1]

GO Transit began regular passenger service on May 23, 1967, as a part of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Since then, it has grown from a single train line to seven lines, and expanded to include complementary bus service.^[1] GO Transit has been constituted in a variety of public-sector configurations. Today, it is an operating division of Metrolinx, a provincial Crown agency with overall responsibility for integrative transportation planning within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area^[7] and is projected to grow dramatically with electrification, increased frequency and new stations through the GO Expansion, which is scheduled to be completed in phases through 2025–2032.^[8]