GO Transit
GO Transit is the name of the public transport system of Southern Ontario, based in Toronto. The network of GO Transit opens the metropolitan area in the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Hamilton Area as well as some communities in addition mainly by a high-speed railway network. GO Transit also operates coaches in addition to trains. Since 2009 it is a division of Metrolinx.
Description
While the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC ) is responsible for urban transport in Toronto, only connections in the Greater offered by GO Transit.
Every year the company transported about 55 million passengers. Average 215,000 passengers are transported weekly on a working day, 83 % of it by train, 17% by bus. Due to the star-shaped running route network end or start 96% of all train at Union Station for about 70 % of all bus trips the city of Toronto traveled.
GO Transit serves the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton. In addition to Toronto and Hamilton are the cities of Halton, Peel, York and Durham. For each of these cities with their local communities in a regional administration of the GO Transit is responsible. About the conurbation addition Simcoe, Dufferin and Wellington County are served. Thus, the company reaches over seven million inhabitants in an area of 8,000 square kilometers, which corresponds to a radius of more than 100 km around Downtown Toronto. The network connections from GO Transit are connected with the main nodes of the TTC. Much like the TTC has also GO Transit own security personnel patrolling along the facilities of the company and its transport links.
Route network
Speed rail network
Diesellokgeführte double-decker trains to be used on the 390 km long network largely. With a total of 40 trains 59 stations are operated on seven lines. For rolling stock includes 53 mostly diesel-electric locomotives from Electro- Motive Diesel ( F59PH II, III and IV) and since 2007 by MPI ( MP40PH -3C). Products launched since 1978 470 bi-level cars are mostly of Bombardier Transportation (Bombardier BiLevel double-deck cars ).
Currently carried out investigations into whether the electrification of a portion of the route network is economically and ecologically sensible.
Bus
The 15 stations of the 2512 km long network served by 384 coaches ( partially double-decker buses). They come from different bus manufacturers in the English-speaking world, such as Motor Coach Industries, Prevost Car, Orion International and Alexander Dennis.
Tickets
GO Transit uses the Presto card as an electronic ticket.