• Ontario Investing in Transit for Rural Communities

  Source: Ontario - Ministry of Transportation
  Date: 2026-09-02 17:30:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Transit, Transportation, Infrastructure]

  The Ontario government is investing nearly $16 million through the Ontario Transit Investment Fund to support five rural transit projects benefiting 30 communities across the province. The funding includes $4,922,243 to Temiskaming Shores for flex/on-demand and intercommunity services connecting 12 municipalities and one First Nation; $3,444,190 to the Region of Waterloo for transit services in Woolwich, Wellesley, Wilmot, and North Dumfries; $4,093,337 to Bradford West Gwillimbury for on-demand transit and integration with LINX Transit; $1,645,678 to Riverside Health Care Facilities for accessible transportation between Fort Frances and Thunder Bay and expanded medical transport programs; and $1,650,367 to the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium for a shuttle service connecting St. Catharines and Niagara Falls GO stations.

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• Ontario Breaks Ground on Major Upgrades to Durham College Oshawa GO Station

  Source: Ontario - Ministry of Transportation
  Date: 2026-08-26 18:00:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Infrastructure, Transportation, Transit]

  The Ontario government, through Metrolinx, has broken ground on major construction upgrades at the Durham College Oshawa GO Station to support two-way, all-day GO train service on the Lakeshore East line. The project involves building two additional tracks, a new north platform with a canopy and snow-melt system, an extended south platform, two new pedestrian bridges, and a bus loop, while accommodating future electrification and the upcoming Bowmanville Extension project. The initiative forms part of Ontario's broader $15.3 billion GO Expansion program and its overall nearly $70 billion transit expansion plan.

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