Go use some Coach Canada buses following vaccine mandate-related staff shortages

Passengers traveling between Oshawa and Scarborough on the GO will use Coach Canada buses as staff shortages continue to affect GO Transit buses.

Metrolinx Announced On Friday it will use some of the private company buses to continue service between the Pickering and Guildwood GO stations on the Lakeshore East line while track works are completed along a stretch in Scarborough.

The last eastbound train from Union to Oshawa GO will depart at 9:05 pm on Friday night.

Metrolinx also said, in its press release, that the buses will be available at the Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering GO stations and will take customers to a temporary bus bridge at the Guildwood GO station, where they will be able to catch a train. GO westbound. to Union Station.

When there are interruptions in train service, GO Transit generally uses its own buses to continue service. However, GO Transit has faced staff shortages this week. [after more than 150 employees were put on unpaid leave for not complying with its mandatory vaccination policy.

A total of 89 bus trips were cancelled on Monday as the vaccination mandate officially went into effect and service has been affected since.

GO Transit said the replacement buses along the Lakeshore East line will depart every 60 minutes throughout the weekend and will accommodate passengers with bikes and pets to get them to their final destinations.

Full service along the line is expected to resume in time for the Monday morning commute.