The single step at the door of every GO Transit car may not look like much, but Metrolinx plans to eliminate it as part of a wider effort to more than double the capacity of Union Station. With about 40 GO trains serving Union during every weekday morning rush hour those seconds add up, and the time saved could allow Metrolinx to run more trains. Fewer main platforms means fewer trains would be able to enter the station at once, but the wider platforms could significantly improve operations. The existing platforms at Union are the narrowest on the GO network, despite being the most heavily used. The province intends to award a contract for the entire $16.8-billion GO expansion program, including the Union platform reconfiguration, by spring 2020.

Source: thestar January 04, 2019 19:04 UTC