the go train is coming to bowmanville on 5 december 2016.
the go train is coming to bowmanville on 5 december 2016.
when is the go train coming to bowmanville?
5 december 2016
bowmanville is home to the historic bowmanville foundry, the darlington nuclear generating station, a royal canadian mounted police regional office, goodyear conveyor belt factory (recently sold). there is a marina on lake ontario at port darlington, south of town. bowmanville was a finalist for the iter project. southern ontario's go train commuter rail service is to be expanded to bowmanville by 2024. this will increase the efficiency of public transportation to nearby cities such as oshawa, and beyond. currently, darlington nuclear generating station is the largest employer in bowmanville.
bowmanville
in the 1990s, the era of continuous growth came to end. ridership shrank as a result of a recession in the early part of the decade. in spite of this, go extended limited rush hour go train service to barrie, guelph, acton and oshawa in 1990. in the same year, go also introduced off-peak train service on the milton line, much of which only operated as far west as erindale. in may 1992, while go transit celebrated its 25th birthday, all-day go train service was extended to burlington with the building of a new station at aldershot. however, in 1993 ontario ndp premier bob rae announced the social contract, which would see a "temporary" reduction in spending on services. consequentially go train service to barrie, guelph and acton was eliminated. all day go train service to whitby and burlington was reduced to rush hours only (while limited rush hour train service to oshawa and hamilton remained in place). all day lakeshore train service existed only between pickering and oakville. in 1995 a new set of tracks and a station were built in oshawa, allowing for frequent rush hour go train service to oshawa. in 1996, off-peak service ceased on the milton line.
history of go transit