Last week, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynn made a huge announcement at the Kitchener Rail station, GO will be 2 more trains during the AM and PM rush-hours, another huge most for commuters is the GO express route 30 Kitchener-Bramalea GO. Route 30 is currently a peak only run (one trip from Kitchener train station to Bramalea in the morning and 3 trips from Bramalea to Kitchener in the afternoon). Starting September route 30 will become an all day route connecting Kitchener and Brampton. GO currently has one route that connects The Region and Mississauga, but many people may not want to go to Mississauga, so the 30 will be an alternative to travel outside the region. As for the 2 more trains in the AM and PM will also begin starting September. Cambridge will be getting more GO bus service, which is a start to bring GO trains to Cambridge linking the entire Region to Toronto, Milton, Brampton and Mississauga. GO transit has been in negotiations with CN due to CN owning the majority of the GO Kitchener line, so the province is looking at building a new corridor just for CN freight, that would space up room to bring all-day GO train service to Kitchener. The extension of the Milton GO line into Cambridge is still being evaluated, but to help build up ridership between the Cambridge-Toronto corridor, more GO bus service will be added.
This is very good news for the GO Kitchener corridor and the GO Cambridge corridor, more service will bring more commuters and people who just want to avoid the highway and Toronto traffic, GO buses and GO trains will be looking at a large increase in ridership.
