GO Transit's new fall schedule has more stops in Kitchener, Guelph

GO Transit has released its new fall scheduleand it includes new trains to Guelph and Kitchener.

The additional stops were announced by Kathleen Wynne in June, but the exact details were only made with the release of the fall schedule.

• More GO trains and buses between Kitchener and GTA at peak hours by fall
• New GO bus service between Cambridge, Milton starting Sept. 6

The new additions are in fact extensions of existing GO train trips, and to the disappointment of some, are during weekday peak hours only.

Other local transit advocates questioned the lack of weekend expressbuses between Kitchener and Brampton. Mike Boos, with TriTag, sees potential to grow ridership along the route, but a lack of weekend options limits that potential.

Starting September 6, the following morningGO trains will depart from Kitchener:

• 5:24 a.m.stopping at the Guelph GO station at 5:48 a.m. andarriving at Union Station at 7:27 a.m.
• 6:04 a.m.stopping at the Guelph GO station at 6:28 a.m. andarriving at Union Station at 7:55 a.m.
• 6:47 a.m.stopping at the Guelph GO station at 7:11 a.m.and arriving at Union Station at 8:50 a.m.
• 7:10 a.m.stopping at the Guelph GO station at 7:34 a.m.and arriving at Union Station at 9:13 a.m.

And the evening return trips, from Union Station:

• 4:50 p.m. stopping at the Guelph GO station at 6:16 p.m. and arriving at the Kitchener GO station at 6:45 p.m.
• 5:20 p.m.stopping at the Guelph GO station at 6:58 p.m. andarriving at the Kitchener GO station at 7:27 p.m.
• 5:50 p.m.stopping at the Guelph GO station at 7:28 p.m.arriving at the Kitchener GO station at 7:57 p.m..
• 6:50 p.m.stopping at the Guelph GO station at 8:25 p.m., arriving at the Kitchener GO station at 8:57 p.m..