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New GO service on Kitchener line has local riders bus to Mount Pleasant, Bramalea

GO Transit is expanding its schedule for commuters in Waterloo region with new train and bus trips starting April 8.

New weekday and weekend train and bus trips to start in April

A GO Transit train sits parked at the Niagara Falls Train Station, Friday, August 26, 2022.
New options for GO Transit travel from the Region of Waterloo start in April. (Tara Walton/The Canadian Press)

Starting in April, GO Transit will expandits train and bus schedule with new routes to and from Waterloo region.

As of April 8, Metrolinx says new two-way weekend GO service will be available on the Kitchener line, but people travelling from Waterloo region and Guelph will have to take a mix of bus and train to get into and out of Toronto.

The first eastboundweekend train on the Kitchener line will depart at 7:49 a.m. from the Mount Pleasant GO station to Union Station and will run hourly until 10:49 p.m.

The first westbound weekend train on the Kitchener Line will depart at 8:51 a.m. from Union Station to Mount Pleasant and run hourly until 11:51 p.m.

An infogram shows a line of buses followed by trains
Metrolinx is adding new weekend service connecting Waterloo region and Guelph to Toronto but people will need to take a bus until they reach Mount Pleasant or Bramalea. (Metrolinx)

Metrolinx said it will be adding new weekend GO buses on routes 30 and 33 that will "seamlessly connect" with trains at Mount Pleasant and Bramalea.

It also said it isadding onenew express trip from Kitchener in the morning, departing at 8:08 a.m, arriving at Union Station at 9:43 a.m.

New GO bus: Route 17

Also on April 8, Metrolinx is launching a newWaterloo to Hamilton connection.Route 17 will run hourly between the two cities with stops in Kitchener and Guelph.

"The new GO bus route 17 will reduce current travel times between Hamilton and Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph by more than an hour in each direction," wroteMetrolinxstaff writer Mike Winterburn in an article on the company's website.

It will provide connections to the ION LRT, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Guelph and McMaster University.

Metrolinx also announced some train routes in the province will be shifted to bus service during project construction and maintenance work on tracks.