You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Be not afraid

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Shoes on the seats of a GO train drive you crazy? Me too! Don't be afraid to call people out for it. The best approach is passive aggres...
Monday, May 13, 2019

Furious that we're back to the drawing board with the Lakeshore East extension

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The GO Train to Bowmanville has been killed for another generation and MPP Park is blaming the Liberals. No surprise! As one who worked...
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Monday, April 22, 2019

I don't think any of us were ready to pay more

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I figured I'd be well into 20-plus years of commuting before I saw the day it would cost me more than $20 round-trip into work each day....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Recovery

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Most days I felt like I was floating. Floating in my own body and fighting waves of terror, terror of getting *that* call. The one where I...
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Friday, March 1, 2019

Nine years later and my, how things have changed

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It's hard to be a blog in today's Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat world. As most of you know, I live and breathe on Twitter, and hav...
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I know, it's almost March... I've done very little blogging but it's truly the year of the Park and Ride

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Stop and GO – Courtice park and ride gets high marks from local transit blogger FEBRUARY 25, 2019 / METROLINX We asked for your feedba...
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Monday, February 18, 2019

I didn't get an invitation to this ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Courtice Park and Ride

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ATTN: East Durham Commuters https://t.co/e3KuxxVIp1 — Lindsey Park (@lparkpc) February 17, 2019 In the past, Metrolinx has been grea...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019

A short note to those who take the 91 Newcastle bus

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Hi, I'm a Courtice Park and Ride passenger. I know you loathe me. I know you loathe me because I've added 10 minutes to your alrea...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Happy New Year to all my friends!

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Friday, December 21, 2018

A note of appreciation from a Barrie passenger who has mobility issues

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This morning I was walking a bit slower than usual to get on the Go train due to a later pick-up from home with York Region transit. As a re...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Planning for the future at the Courtice Park and Ride? Because it's sure not for the present!

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE COURTICE GO TRANSIT PARK AND RIDE? GLAD YOU ASKED (a pictorial)... The parking lot and driveway are i...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Why is this considered "historic"? It's GO Train service, not the invention of commuter rail into terrain that's never been traversed

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News Release Ontario Delivers Historic Weekday GO Train Service to Niagara Falls New Morning and Evening Train Service Will Start Four Ye...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Fare increase for 2019 GO Transit passengers doesn't appear to be on the agenda for this Thursday's Metrolinx board meeting

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This has been one of my biggest worries seeing as commuting by GO now carries the financial equivalent of making a third or second car payme...
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Better late than never for a feel good Go Transit Lost & Found story!

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This past weekend I received a DM on Twitter asking if I had the chance to read an email a person had sent me regarding GO RER and Toronto M...
Monday, December 3, 2018

GO train to Courtice-Bowmanville in 2024? Don't hold your breath!

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The current Ontario government party in charge has put the brakes on the expansion into Niagara Region after Metrolinx sent a letter to the ...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Since Metrolinx employees can't stop raving about the new Union Station Food Court on Twitter, I decided to go check it out

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Where is it? York Concourse, Basement, Toronto Union Station Hours: Monday to Friday 7am to 10pm & Saturday to Sunday 10am to 10pm ...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Time for some heartfelt thanks and remembrance

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by Pete S. My Decade-At-A-Glance ® tells me we are fast approaching the sixth anniversary of my first article for This Crazy Train .  ...
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Friday, November 16, 2018

Hey - it's time for an update - right?

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Apologies everyone, as I know it's been pretty quiet as I continue to choose Twitter over Blogger but it's where I tend to live. I k...
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Monday, October 15, 2018

Sit round the fire kids, it's time for another Presto card story kindly contributed by a reader of the blog

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There’s a special feeling you get in your gut when you try to deal with anything  Presto . It’s knotty and hollow and saps all of your ener...
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It's Fall and I have a new phone with a fancy triple camera with a Leica lens, so here's my "Sunday morning in Courtice" album

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