[Bojaxs]

Well maybe I should have said 25 instead. Unless someone can explain otherwise, some of those Metra lines seem to have stops as close together as the Bloor subway.
There would be two stops between Mimico and Long Branch on some of those lines.

Sounds awful. Certainly something Toronto shouldn't strive to replicate.

Expand our subway network instead.

 

[APTA-2048]

Sounds like Monday will be a day you should avoid the LSW

Monday, Nov. 3

Lakeshore West trains will run on a 30-minute schedule between Niagara Falls and Oakville GO. During the morning and evening rush hours, GO buses will run between Oakville and Clarkson GO to Erindale GO for customers connecting with the Milton line trains.

Outside of the morning and evening rush hours, GO buses will run between Oakville and Clarkson GO to Bramalea GO for customers connecting to Kitchener line trains.

There will be no GO Transit service at Port Credit, Long Branch, or west from Mimico GO, please consider local transit options. Special trains will run between Mimico GO and Union Station.

If you are travelling between Erindale GO and Union Station: GO trains depart Erindale GO every fifteen minutes between 6:55 a.m. and 8:55 a.m. In the evening, trains from Union Station to Erindale GO depart every fifteen minutes, between 4:10 p.m. and 5:25 p.m. and half hourly between 5:25 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. Please remember to check departure boards for the Milton Line train to Erindale GO. Check Milton line schedules here.

If you are travelling between Bramalea GO and Union Station: GO trains depart Bramalea GO very regularly throughout the day. Trains from Union Station to Bramalea GO depart every half hour, throughout most of the day. Please remember to check departure boards for the Kitchener line train to Bramalea GO. Check Kitchener Line schedules here.

Lakeshore West Construction

Upcoming line and station construction on Lakeshore West.

www.gotransit.com

 

[Achemarci]

Looks like on Monday November 3 there will be 2 extra morning trains and 2 extra evening trains on the Milton line, an increase due to the Lakeshore West construction closure. With 24 trains total, this will be (pathetically) a new record high of daily service.

AM to Union:
6:00
6:30
6:45
7:00
7:10
7:20
7:30
7:40
7:50
8:00
8:15
8:30

PM to Milton:
15:40
16:10
16:25
16:40
16:50
17:00
17:10
17:25
17:40
17:55
18:25
19:10

 

[dowlingm]

If LSW is full closed past Oakville on Monday somebody needs to let VIA Rail know, or at least the folks who maintain the website and Reservia…

 

[AlanD]

What exactly is the planned construction that requires such a large weekday shutdown?

 

[PShells]

What exactly is the planned construction that requires such a large weekday shutdown?

The prior cancelled construction weekend closures to accommodate Jays home games.

 

[Northern Light]

If LSW is full closed past Oakville on Monday somebody needs to let VIA Rail know, or at least the folks who maintain the website and Reservia…

Did you?

Just out of curiosity I just bounced over to the reservations site. It does not allow for any tickets for Toronto-Oakville on Monday November 3rd.

 

[dowlingm]

Did you?

Just out of curiosity I just bounced over to the reservations site. It does not allow for any tickets for Toronto-Oakville on Monday November 3rd.

My test was London-Toronto and it was showing the normal running time.

 

[Jonny5]

What exactly is the planned construction that requires such a large weekday shutdown?

I am guessing it's the repeated deferred plans for closures for the Blue Jays games, and they now finally want to finally finish off whatever it is they are working on (probably the bridges) before they get into the winter and weather conditions deteriorate.

 

[dowlingm]

I am guessing it's the repeated deferred plans for closures for the Blue Jays games, and they now finally want to finally finish off whatever it is they are working on (probably the bridges) before they get into the winter and weather conditions deteriorate.

https://www.gotransit.com/en/the-future-and-go/construction-notices/lakeshore-west-construction (emphasis added)

We continue to cheer alongside you throughout the Blue Jays World Series. To make travelling more convenient during those games, we deferred critical bridge work that was scheduled for this weekend, Nov. 1 and 2.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Sounds like Monday will be a day you should avoid the LSW

Monday, Nov. 3

Lakeshore West trains will run on a 30-minute schedule between Niagara Falls and Oakville GO. During the morning and evening rush hours, GO buses will run between Oakville and Clarkson GO to Erindale GO for customers connecting with the Milton line trains.

Outside of the morning and evening rush hours, GO buses will run between Oakville and Clarkson GO to Bramalea GO for customers connecting to Kitchener line trains.

There will be no GO Transit service at Port Credit, Long Branch, or west from Mimico GO, please consider local transit options. Special trains will run between Mimico GO and Union Station.

If you are travelling between Erindale GO and Union Station: GO trains depart Erindale GO every fifteen minutes between 6:55 a.m. and 8:55 a.m. In the evening, trains from Union Station to Erindale GO depart every fifteen minutes, between 4:10 p.m. and 5:25 p.m. and half hourly between 5:25 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. Please remember to check departure boards for the Milton Line train to Erindale GO. Check Milton line schedules here.

If you are travelling between Bramalea GO and Union Station: GO trains depart Bramalea GO very regularly throughout the day. Trains from Union Station to Bramalea GO depart every half hour, throughout most of the day. Please remember to check departure boards for the Kitchener line train to Bramalea GO. Check Kitchener Line schedules here.

Lakeshore West Construction

Upcoming line and station construction on Lakeshore West.

www.gotransit.com

A weekday closure of the LSW with a last minute change? This is going to be a DISASTER. There will be hundreds of people stranded at Oakville GO who don't even realized it's closed and the shuttle buses will be far overloaded.