{"id":54340,"date":"2014-03-19T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=54340"},"modified":"2014-03-19T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T05:03:11","slug":"go-train-connecting-toronto-waterloo","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/go-train-connecting-toronto-waterloo","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Government to Create Full-day, Two-way GO Train Service Connecting Toronto to Waterloo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 11px 33px; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3771\/13270212725_69c096213f_o.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"188\" \/>The Ontario government plans to bring full-day, two-way GO Train service between Waterloo Region and the Greater Toronto Area, connecting the province&#8217;s two most active startup hubs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<p>Talks of an &#8220;express&#8221; service means passengers could save up to 30 minutes per trip, according to Premier Kathleen Wynne, who added that, as estimated in a City and Region of Waterloo report, the GO Train investment would create more than 33,000 net new jobs. Further, the increased service could add 1,000 additional daily passengers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are committed to improving connectivity between Waterloo Region and the GTA,&#8221; said Wynne. &#8220;We know that we need to make smart investments in modern infrastructure in order for every region across the province to prosper and reach its full economic potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other future improvements to the GO Train include more trips, including two additional morning and afternoon peak period trips; upgrades to the rail corridor leading to faster travel times; and the building of a new train layover facility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our improvements to GO Transit support our commitment to offer commuters full-day, two-way GO train service,&#8221; added Glen Murray,&nbsp;Minister of Transportation and Minister of Infrastructure. &#8220;Our unprecedented public transit investments are making transit a better choice for commuters, reducing congestion on our roads and contributing to a better quality of life for Ontario families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud to be part of a government that is expanding GO Train service between Kitchener and the GTA,&#8221; said&nbsp;John Milloy, MPP for Kitchener Centre. &#8220;This will greatly enhance economic activity in our region, reduce commute times for families, and create new jobs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario government plans to bring full-day, two-way GO Train service between Waterloo Region and the Greater Toronto Area, connecting the province&#8217;s two most active startup hubs. Talks of an &#8220;express&#8221; service means passengers could save up to 30 minutes per trip, according to Premier Kathleen Wynne, who added that, as estimated in a City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":54342,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-54340","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/54340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/54340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/54342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54340"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=54340"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=54340"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=54340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}