Dear O-INN, Well done! The FHS HIGHLY approves of this video. You explained with great detail the history of the historic GO Transit company. Great work! We are going to recommend this video to people who have questions about GO Transit’s history. We are proud to add this video to our brand-new EPIC VIDEOS playlist as the first addition to it. Also, props to you for using historic photos. We love seeing those! :D And we caught the Confused Guy meme in there too. Gotta love da memz. ;) Signed, FoxyFan13 Executive Director of the FHS Preserving history, one step at a time.

Fun fact, .95 cents (cad), from Oakville to Union, would be around 8.34 CAD, today in 2024. However as of now in 2024, the cost from the same route and distance would be 8.16, using presto, and 9.70, using e ticket.

I really appreciated this video. Big fan of go and via and it was great to get such a fast and concise history. Thanks for sharing!

i use to live in Toronto and i love those double decker buses, i wish Orlando has these

After watching this video I now want to ride a GO Transit train if I ever go to Canada.

5 years ago I'd have to go to tornto to see a double decker go bus and now we seen them in keswick Ontario

2:00 I have never thought about is. It does form a T.

I Don’t live in canada but i like it and it’s a little bit just like Metrolink (Southern California)

Such great work. So impressive. Would love to meet you and I bet our CEO would as well!

Did anybody notice 12:11 “666”

The F7A units were ACPUs. They were converted from locomotives only to be used to generate power for the trains.

I remember riding the GO Train with my mother in the 70s and there were designated smoking cars. It would be interesting to know when that was phased out.

Nice video bro!

Go transit sold F59PH's 565-568 and several coaches and cab cars to trinity railway express in 1994 and in 2009 go transit sold 3 F59PH's numbers 525 527 and 528 to trinity railway express and where renumberd 120 121 and 122

13:25 LOL

The flagship of the Go bus fleet was numbered 1000

Hope you make better videos in the future just like this one! Best Regards, SnappyCircuitsForever

You should make a updated version soon maybe? :)

Some points that I wanted to add to the video. GO Train service added to Guelph in 1990 was eliminated in 1992 due to budget cuts. At the time Ontario was suffering through the worst recession in decades and ridership had plummeted to these stations. GO Bus service was created to replace the lost trains. This structure would continue until 2011 when train service was expanded to Guelph and Kitchener with service to Acton returning later. In 1997 responsibility and ownership for GO Transit was transferred from the Government of Ontario to the municipalities the corporation served (Toronto, York Region, Durham Region, Peel Region, and Halton Region). This new ownership structure however wouldn't last long (since it was an asinine idea but that was Harris for you) with responsibility and ownership for GO Transit returning to the Government of Ontario in 2002. Metrolinx, the current owner for GO Transit is owned by the Government of Ontario and is responsible for transit planning in the GTHA (so really GO is owned by the government just through a crown corporation proxy). Previously planning for GO Transit was carried out by the Ministry of Transportation or MTO. Technically the MTO does do some planning with Metrolinx but the MTO is supposed to be roads and Metrolinx is in charge of transit. It's a weird relationship. Fun fact the Government of Ontario owns two railways, GO Transit in the south and Ontario Northland in the north. GO and Ontario Northland have always had close ties with each other, often selling equipment between the two. Ontario Northland also has the contract to refurbish GO Transit's train cars.

Wheres the old video for the go transit lake shorewest and east train

12:08 Yeah right.

FoxyFan13 told you that he saw the Confused Guy (Nick Young) meme. Where is that?

Well done! It's a great walkthrough the history of GO. One thing that you could have mentioned was the moving and condensing of CN's rail yards in Toronto north to Vaughan as well as the main line which helped make the GO Train project possible by freeing up the lakeshore trackage. I have left a link to some videos that I did on that project. Just a footnote on the ONR FP7s. They had their prime movers removed and were used strictly as cab units and to provide electric power to the train sets. Regards, Andrew - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fs2IiLKdlp29nHk.html&ab_channel=KrazyTrainGuy

I would love to meet you you and but our CEO would as well

Go transit

Fun fact I'm a go transit railfan

Via rial uses f40s still

I will sub if you get a better mic

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Good research but maybe next time talk slower, or pause between points because after a while, they all mesh together making it very hard to understand everything you're saying. You talk too fast. Haha