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what is go?
GO Transit is Canada's first, and Ontario's only, interregional public transit system, linking Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). We carry nearly 55 million passengers a year in an extensive network of train and bus services that is one of North America’s premier transportation systems. Since we began operating in May 1967, over one billion people have taken the GO Train or the GO Bus. Officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), GO Transit provides safe, convenient, and efficient transportation to the communities of the Toronto area. Background
Background The GO Transit Board of Directors is appointed by the province. It has broad representation from the public and private sectors, including businesses, municipal governments, and the provincial government. The Minister of Transportation sets the strategy and policy framework for GO, and the GO Board provides business direction to staff. Visit the Ministry of Transportation website for other information. We recover most of our operating costs through revenue, consistently bringing in 80% to 90% of what we need to run our service from the farebox — one of the best financial performances for any transit system in the world. The Provincial government subsidizes any operating costs that are not recovered through revenue. It is also responsible for the base capital funding needed for rehabilitation and replacement, to keep our system in a state of good repair. For growth and expansion capital costs, the province provides one-third of GO’s capital funding needs, with the understanding that the federal and municipal governments will contribute the remaining two-thirds. Our service area GO Trains and GO Buses serve a population of six million in an 8,000-square-kilometre area (3,000 square miles) extending from downtown Toronto to Hamilton, Milton, and Guelph in the west; Orangeville, Barrie, and Beaverton to the north; Stouffville, Uxbridge, and Port Perry in the northeast; and Oshawa and Newcastle in the east. The buses widen our service as far as 100 kilometres (over 60 miles) from downtown Toronto. We connect with every municipal transit system in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas, including the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The Greater Toronto Area consists of the City of Toronto and the surrounding Regions of Halton, Peel, York, and Durham. GO Transit also serves the neighbouring City of Hamilton, and reaches into Simcoe, Dufferin, and Wellington Counties. Our seven train lines are Lakeshore West, Milton, Georgetown, Barrie, Richmond Hill, Stouffville, and Lakeshore East. At peak rush-hour periods, train service is available at all stations. In weekday off-peak hours, trains run only on the Lakeshore between Oshawa in
the east and Aldershot in the west, and on the Georgetown line between Union
Station in the east and Bramalea in the northwest. On weekends, trains run only
between Oshawa in the east and Aldershot in the west. Bus connections extend
our Lakeshore service to Newcastle in the east and Hamilton in the west. Ridership At least 96% of our train ridership is to and from Union Station in downtown Toronto, while about 70% of all bus passengers travel to and from the City of Toronto. * Train service consists of trains and their related bus services — buses that meet the trains at terminus stations, and buses that connect Union Station with other train stations.
GO by the numbers * Plus numerous stops & ticket agencies
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