tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post653491285506880592..comments2024-03-11T12:46:28.806-04:00Comments on You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: You can keep my loonie!C.J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-30424139850451376492016-05-02T11:43:14.759-04:002016-05-02T11:43:14.759-04:00It is the same issue with DRT buses. I pay 2.75 f...It is the same issue with DRT buses. I pay 2.75 for the bus on the way to the GO station. If the trains are screwed up, I only get $6 and change. Even though technically, the co-fare should be 75 cents. <br /><br />I am also pissed about the delays - three last week alone on the LSE of which I could only claim 2. What they don't seem to realise is that when they screw up, it has a ripple effect. I have missed classes that <b>I have paid for</b> and no reimbursement is coming from them. It is the same for those parents with kids in daycare. <br /><br />They need to get their house in order and fix the problems. I am tired of having to cancel on things, have to change plans (and this past Thursday, pray my Mom brought her key) because they keep screwing up. I am also thinking they need to quit raising fares until they can improve service. The service sucks, the increase in issues shows this.<br /><br />Signal issues every flipping day. Shorter trains because of "operational issues". There is something every day. The sad thing is they can no longer blame the weather.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230203164105678177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-302573578371840462016-05-02T11:31:27.837-04:002016-05-02T11:31:27.837-04:00I can top this as a GO Transit bus passenger. I pa...I can top this as a GO Transit bus passenger. I pay a portion of my $9.42 fare on the bus and the rest is deducted at the station when I tap. <br /><br />If the train ride goes down the toilet, I am only reimbursed $4.10 unlike the people who drove to the station who get the whole fare.<br /><br />My GO bus is a train-extension route. It operates because GO can't run a train into Newcastle. So I do my environmental good deed and also allow for a vacant parking spot to be avilable at Oshawa and I get punished for it while all the gas guzzlers get a clap on the back for driving the same route I took by bus. True story. C.J. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-68970535090016903272016-05-02T11:08:18.178-04:002016-05-02T11:08:18.178-04:00I made this unpleasant discovery a long time ago a...I made this unpleasant discovery a long time ago and had exactly the same reaction. I even relayed exactly the same logic to GO customer service and was met with "Well if you didn't actually have to pay for the trip, you're no worse off by receiving no credit for a late arrival." Huh? As the LW notes, we just do a front-loaded payment that eventually means our later trips will be charged at a lower rate (or nothing). But if I travel less that month, I've paid a fare for the trips I DID take as this front-end loaded rate - nothing free about that.<br /><br />When I asked why the most loyal and frequent passengers were the ones who would inevitably be penalized by this system, I received a shrug - the same response to my "so, just because I've paid my fee up front and am now on the cheaper or "free" rides, the inconvenience of being an hour late no longer matters? THIS is your Customer Service guarantee?".<br /><br />The old system provided for a credit slip for the equivalent of one single adult fare, regardless of what type of fare you were holding (e.g., single ticket, 10-ride or monthly pass). The credit could be applied against any further purchase (I think you had 30 days to use it). It was fair and treated every single rider equitably. The PRESTO protocol is ridiculous and insulting.Nora1968https://www.blogger.com/profile/00631562861215481945noreply@blogger.com