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The South Simcoe Railway is a steam heritage railway in Tottenham, Ontario, Canada. [1] Founded in 1992, the railway operates scenic rail excursions in the Beeton Creek valley of southern Ontario. It is the oldest operating steam heritage railway in Ontario and has the second-oldest operating steam locomotive in Canada.
Via Rail: Toronto, ON – Niagara Falls, ON [1994] 1992-1997 Great Laker: Via Rail: Toronto, ON – Windsor, ON [1982] 1982 Great Lakes Special: Canadian National: Winnipeg, MB – Port Arthur, ON [1935] 1935-1936, 1940 Great West: Canadian Pacific: Winnipeg, MB – Edmonton, AB [1940] 1939-1960 Green Mountain Flyer: Boston & Maine, New York ...
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 ...
Old Cummer GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is a stop on the Richmond Hill line train service and offers service to Union Station in downtown Toronto.
The train carried the number 65 running north, and number 64 running south. [1] The Mount Royal (#51 north, #52 south) was the night train counterpart to the Green Mountain Flyer. [2] [3] Following years of cutbacks, both trains were discontinued in 1953 when the Rutland Railway ended all passenger service.
The Lakeshore West line is the oldest of GO's services, opening as part of the then-unified Lakeshore line on GO Transit's first day of operations on May 23, 1967. [4] The first train, numbered 946 left at 5:50 am from Oakville bound for Toronto, ten minutes before service began out of Pickering. [5]
The first northbound train departs Union Station at 9:12 a.m. These mid-day trains turn back at Mount Joy, providing two-way service at 1 hour intervals until evening rush hour for the majority of stations on the line. North bound trains have a service frequency of 30–60 minutes with most frequent service taking place during rush hour.
This avoids northbound trains going out of service after the evening rush hour having to cross the southbound track, which was the practice prior to this time. [11] Modifications to the Wilson Yard were made to accommodate the new Toronto Rocket trains, the Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension and increased demand on Line 1 Yonge–University.