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Milton line
The Milton line is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Milton, by way of Mississauga. It opened on October 25, 1981.
Trains on the Milton line run in the peak direction during peak periods. The Ontario government, through its crown agency Metrolinx, is working to have more train service along the Milton line over the next decade, through the GO Expansion program. During peak hours, trains would run in peak direction every 15 minutes along this line. The Milton line is the fourth-busiest GO Transit line in the rail network.
GO Transit explored expansion options along the Canadian Pacific Railway line through what is now Mississauga and Halton as early as 1969, but planning started in 1975 with negotiations with municipal governments and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Station location selection was completed in March 1977 as was the acquisition of the lands for the Dixie GO Station and the line received formal approval from the Management Board in 1978. However, due to equipment shortages and earlier funding pressures the opening date was moved from 1979 to 1981.
Following a promotional opening on Sunday October 25, 1981, regular service began the following Monday. Six trips were operated from 2002–2009 and five before this. From 2009–2011, there were seven inbound and seven outbound train trips daily. An eighth train was added to the morning and afternoon runs in 2011 and a ninth train started on January 5, 2015. On February 25, 2016, a tenth train was announced for the 2016–17 fiscal year, as part of the 2016 Ontario budget process.
Bus service was expanded into the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo in October 2009. Several bus routes operate between the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, the Charles Street Transit Terminal in Kitchener, and the Cambridge SmartCentre shopping centre to the Square One Bus Terminal in central Mississauga, including a small number of trips connecting with the train service at Milton GO Station.
In September 2016, GO Transit created a new bus service to connect Cambridge and Milton on weekday mornings during peak travel times, with six return trips in the evening. This bus route averaged only five passengers per trip and was cancelled in June 2019 due to low demand.
In April 2015, Metrolinx in partnership with the Town of Milton launched a pilot project through an app called Rideco which allows GO riders to book transportation to and from the Milton GO Station. This is due to the Milton station's parking lot being full by the time the second morning train arrives. As North America's fastest growing community for the last decade, the parking lot has increasing been in demand by new residents and those driving in from Cambridge.
Improvements to the Milton line were proposed in The Big Move, Ontario's regional transportation plan (RTP) published in 2008. As part of the plan, there would be two-way, all-day rail service to Milton, slated to be in place within 15 years of the announcement (by 2023). In 2013, The Big Move was updated and Milton line enhancements were shifted to a 16-to-25-year planning horizon. The update also cut back the western terminus of two-way service to Meadowvale GO Station in Mississauga. Improvements to the line would therefore not service Lisgar station in Mississauga, nor Milton's station, service which had been promised by the provincial Liberals Halton candidate during the 2011 election.
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Milton line
The Milton line is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Milton, by way of Mississauga. It opened on October 25, 1981.
Trains on the Milton line run in the peak direction during peak periods. The Ontario government, through its crown agency Metrolinx, is working to have more train service along the Milton line over the next decade, through the GO Expansion program. During peak hours, trains would run in peak direction every 15 minutes along this line. The Milton line is the fourth-busiest GO Transit line in the rail network.
GO Transit explored expansion options along the Canadian Pacific Railway line through what is now Mississauga and Halton as early as 1969, but planning started in 1975 with negotiations with municipal governments and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Station location selection was completed in March 1977 as was the acquisition of the lands for the Dixie GO Station and the line received formal approval from the Management Board in 1978. However, due to equipment shortages and earlier funding pressures the opening date was moved from 1979 to 1981.
Following a promotional opening on Sunday October 25, 1981, regular service began the following Monday. Six trips were operated from 2002–2009 and five before this. From 2009–2011, there were seven inbound and seven outbound train trips daily. An eighth train was added to the morning and afternoon runs in 2011 and a ninth train started on January 5, 2015. On February 25, 2016, a tenth train was announced for the 2016–17 fiscal year, as part of the 2016 Ontario budget process.
Bus service was expanded into the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo in October 2009. Several bus routes operate between the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, the Charles Street Transit Terminal in Kitchener, and the Cambridge SmartCentre shopping centre to the Square One Bus Terminal in central Mississauga, including a small number of trips connecting with the train service at Milton GO Station.
In September 2016, GO Transit created a new bus service to connect Cambridge and Milton on weekday mornings during peak travel times, with six return trips in the evening. This bus route averaged only five passengers per trip and was cancelled in June 2019 due to low demand.
In April 2015, Metrolinx in partnership with the Town of Milton launched a pilot project through an app called Rideco which allows GO riders to book transportation to and from the Milton GO Station. This is due to the Milton station's parking lot being full by the time the second morning train arrives. As North America's fastest growing community for the last decade, the parking lot has increasing been in demand by new residents and those driving in from Cambridge.
Improvements to the Milton line were proposed in The Big Move, Ontario's regional transportation plan (RTP) published in 2008. As part of the plan, there would be two-way, all-day rail service to Milton, slated to be in place within 15 years of the announcement (by 2023). In 2013, The Big Move was updated and Milton line enhancements were shifted to a 16-to-25-year planning horizon. The update also cut back the western terminus of two-way service to Meadowvale GO Station in Mississauga. Improvements to the line would therefore not service Lisgar station in Mississauga, nor Milton's station, service which had been promised by the provincial Liberals Halton candidate during the 2011 election.
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