Buses back on regular service after striking workers forced GO Transit to alter routes

Bus schedules appear to be back to normal after striking workers at Canada’s busiest transit hub forced GO Transit to alter its routes to and from Union Station on Sunday.

On its website late Sunday evening, Go Transit wrote, “GO buses will resume servicing Union Station Bus Terminal beginning at 23:30.”

As of early Monday morning, scheduled service has resumed to normal and the commute has not been impacted with delays.

On Sunday, Metrolinx said its buses would not be stopping or leaving from Union Station due to access issues as a result of striking Toronto Terminals Railway (TTR) workers.

“There is an ongoing labour demonstration blocking access to the Union Station Bus Terminal. Operational adjustments are in effect for buses that serve the Union Stations Bus Terminal,” read a notice on the GO Transit website.

According to its service alerts page, bus routes to and from Hamilton, Milton, Georgetown and Lakeshore West were beginning and ending at Port Credit GO and buses departing from that station were departing on their Union Station Bus Terminal departure time. The Lakeshore West GO Train from Port Credit to and from Union was not affected by the labour situation.

Anyone travelling to and from Newmarket, Stoufville, and Lakeshore East were beginning and ending at Jane and Highway 407 Bus Terminal and customers took the TTC down to Union.

A complete list of service alerts can be found here.

Nearly 100 TTR employees walked off the job last Wednesday. The workers are mainly responsible for signals and communication maintenance as well as train control at the Union Station rail corridor.

The workers have been without a contract since December 2019. Wages have been a contentious point during the negotiations.

Union Station is Canada’s busiest passenger transportation hub, with approximately 200,000 GO Train commuters passing through the station each day.