November 3, 2014 – Toronto, Ontario
Metrolinx will upgrade and modernize the entire signalling system within the Union Station Rail Corridor (USRC) starting next year – a transformational improvement that will provide long-term benefits to both transit operations and customers.
Replacing the signalling system within the USRC is part of Metrolinx’s overall Signalling and Train Control Improvement Program, and the next phase of an overall revitalization of the USRC that will improve service reliability, eliminate track bottlenecks, increase train speeds and reduce operating costs. Most critically, the upgrades to the more than 80-year-old signalling system will ensure GO Transit can prepare for the anticipated doubling of ridership over the next 10-20 years. On a typical weekday, approximately 200,000 GO Transit passengers travel to and from Union Station.
Metrolinx’s USRC Signalling System Project is valued at $365.5 million. The Government of Canada is contributing up to $92 million through the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund, the Province of Ontario and Metrolinx are contributing the remaining amount.
Find out more about the opportunities in the Economic Action Plan 2014 at http://www.budget.gc.ca/2014/home-accueil-eng.html.
For more information on how Ontario is revitalizing its infrastructure: www.ontario.ca/buildingtoday.
Metrolinx is working to provide residents and businesses in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area with a transportation system that is modern, efficient and integrated. Find out more about The Big Move, Metrolinx's Regional Transportation Plan for the GTHA. Find out more about GO Transit, PRESTO, and Union Pearson Express, divisions of Metrolinx.
Vincent Rabault
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Ottawa
613-943-1838
Patrick Searle
Minister’s Office
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Toronto
416-327-1815
Bob Nichols
Communications
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Toronto
416-327-1158
Media Relations
Transport Canada, Ottawa
613-993-0055
Anne Marie Aikins
Media Relations
Metrolinx
416-202-5796
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