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GO Transit is the inter-regional transportation authority of the Golden Horseshoe, which includes the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. It is Canada's oldest regional transit system, first serving passengers in 1967.

Fare zones

The service area of GO Transit is divided into a number of fare zones, each of which belonging to a number of fare corridors. Fares on GO Transit are based on the distance between originating and destination fare zones. Tickets between two fare zones are valid for travel between the two fare zones stated on the ticket, as well as between any two fare zones that lie between them on the same fare corridor. Tickets are not generally issued between two fare zones on different corridors, with the following notable exceptions:

  • Due to all-day GO train service and the interlining of the Lakeshore West line and the Lakeshore East line, tickets may be issued for trips starting in a fare zone on one line and ending in a fare zone on the other. Similarly, due to the number of GO bus connections between stations on the Lakeshore West line and the Milton line (including Square One Bus Terminal, but excluding Lisgar GO station), tickets may be issued for trips starting in a fare zone in Mississauga or Milton outside of the Lakeshore West line and fare zones on either of the Lakeshore lines.
  • Tickets are generally issued for trips between a fare zone inside Toronto and a fare zone outside the City of Toronto, even if they lie in different fare corridors; such tickets are valid between the fare zone outside the City of Toronto to any fare zone inside the City of Toronto for which the ticket value is equal or less. (For example, a ticket from Square One Bus Terminal to Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal would also be valid for trips to Kennedy GO Station, as the trips are of equal value, even though all three locations are on different fare corridors.) Note that Milliken GO Station, despite physically located within the City of Toronto, is considered to be in a fare zone outside of the City of Toronto for historical reasons.[citation needed]

As all GO Transit tickets are only valid for continuous trips of no more than two and a half hours, multiple tickets may be needed for longer trips.

List of fare zones

Fare zones 1–9, 19, 59, 70, 77, 79, 89 and 90 (shaded in green) are located within Toronto.

No. Name Stops Corridor
1 Toronto Coach Terminal No longer used by GO Transit
2 Toronto Union Station
Union Station Bus Terminal
(all corridors except Highway 407)
2 Toronto Exhibition GO Station Lakeshore West line
Niagara Falls
Brantford
2 Toronto Bloor GO Station Kitchener Line
3 Etobicoke Centre Kipling GO Station Milton line
4 Metro Northwest Weston GO Station
Etobicoke North GO Station
Kitchener line
5 North York Oriole GO Station
Old Cummer GO Station
Richmond Hill line
5 North York Finch Bus Terminal
Sheppard–Yonge station
Mississauga/North York
Milton (via Highway 401)
Trinity Common (via Highway 407)
Pearson Airport (via Highway 401)
Keswick
Oshawa (via Highway 401)
5 North York York Mills Bus Terminal Mississauga/North York
Milton (via Highway 401)
Trinity Common (via Highway 407)
Brampton (via Highway 427)
Kitchener line
Oshawa (via Highway 2)
5 North York Yorkdale Bus Terminal Mississauga/North York
Milton (via Highway 401)
Kitchener Line
Brampton (via Highway 427)
Pearson Airport (via Highway 401)
East Gwillimbury (via Highway 400)
Oshawa (via Highway 2)
6 Scarborough South Danforth GO Station
Scarborough GO Station
Beaverton
Lakeshore East line
Peterborough
Stouffville Line
7 Scarborough Centre Agincourt GO Station Stouffville line
7 Scarborough Centre Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal Highway 407 East
Oshawa (via Highway 2)
Oshawa (via Highway 401)
Durham College Express
8 Guildwood Eglinton GO Station
Guildwood GO Station
Beaverton
Lakeshore East line
Peterborough
9 Rouge Hill Rouge Hill GO Station Beaverton
Lakeshore East line
Peterborough
10 Port Credit Port Credit GO Station Lakeshore West line
Brantford
Niagara Falls
11 Cooksville Dixie GO Station
Cooksville GO Station
Milton line
12 Clarkson Clarkson GO Station Lakeshore West line
Niagara Falls
Brantford
13 Oakville Oakville GO Station Lakeshore West line
Highway 407 West
Niagara Falls
Brantford
13 Oakville Oakville Carpool Lot Highway 407 West
Pearson Airport (via Highway 407)
13 Oakville Sheridan College Highway 407 West
14 Bronte Bronte GO Station Lakeshore West line
Brantford
Niagara Falls
14 Bronte Bronte Carpool Lot Highway 407 West
15 Appleby Appleby GO Station Lakeshore West line
Niagara Falls
Brantford
16 Burlington Burlington GO Station Lakeshore West line
Niagara Falls
Brantford
16 Burlington Burlington Carpool Lot Highway 407 West
Niagara Falls
17 Aldershot Aldershot GO Station Lakeshore West line
Niagara Falls
Brantford
18 Hamilton Hamilton GO Centre Lakeshore West line
Hamilton Express
Highway 407 West
Pearson Airport (via Highway 407)
18 Hamilton West Harbour GO Station Lakeshore West Line
Niagara Falls
18 Hamilton McMaster University Bus Terminal Brantford
Highway 407 West
19 North York York University GO Station
Downsview Park GO Station
Barrie line
19 Vaughan Highway 407 Bus Terminal Pearson Airport (via Highway 407)
Highway 407
Waterloo
20 Square One Square One Bus Terminal Milton line
Highway 407 West
Pearson Airport (via Highway 407)
Mississauga/North York
Guelph
Waterloo
21 Streetsville Streetsville GO Station Milton line
Highway 407 West
21 Streetsville Erin Mills Transitway Station Highway 407 West
Guelph
Waterloo
21 Streetsvile Winston Churchill Transitway Station Guelph
Waterloo
22 Meadowvale Meadowvale GO Station
Meadowvale Town Centre
Milton Line
Highway 407 West
Milton (via Highway 401)
22 Meadowvale Meadowvale Business Park Milton (via Highway 401)
22 Meadowvale Hurontario at 407 GO Park & Ride Kitchener line
Highway 407 West
Waterloo
23 Lisgar Lisgar GO Station Milton line
24 Milton Milton GO Station Milton line
Milton (via Highway 401)
24 Milton Milton Carpool Lot Guelph
Waterloo
25 Mississauga Dixie Transitway Station
Renforth Transitway Station
Mississauga/North York
Pearson Airport (via Highway 407)
26 Cambridge SmartCentres iXpress Station
Sportsworld Carpool Lot iXpress Station
Waterloo
27 Kitchener Kitchener railway station Kitchener line
27 Waterloo Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier iXpress Station)
University of Waterloo (UW Davis iXpress Station)
Waterloo
27 Kitchener Charles St. Transit Terminal Kitchener line
Waterloo
28 Pontypool Clarington North Carpool Lot Peterborough
29 Millbrook Cavan/Millbrook Carpool Lot Peterborough
30 Peterborough Peterborough Transit Terminal
Trent University
Peterborough Carpool Lot
Peterborough
31 Malton Malton GO Station Kitchener line
Bolton
31 Malton Toronto Pearson International Airport Pearson Airport (via Highway 407)
Pearson Airport (via Highway 401)
32 Bramalea Bramalea City Centre Terminal Kitchener line
Brampton (via Highway 427)
Trinity Common (via Highway 407)
32 Bramalea Trinity Common Bus Terminal
Williams Pkwy at 410 Carpool Lot
Trinity Common (via Highway 407)
32 Bramalea Bramalea GO Station Kitchener Line
Brampton (via Highway 427)
Trinity Common (via Highway 407)
Highway 407 West
Waterloo
33 Brampton Brampton GO Station
Brampton Bus Terminal
Kitchener line
Orangeville
Brampton (via Highway 427)
33 Brampton Shoppers World Terminal Kitchener line
34 Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant GO Station Kitchener line
35 Georgetown Georgetown GO Station Kitchener line
36 Silvercreek Kitchener line
37 Acton Acton GO Station Kitchener line
38 Rockwood Kitchener line
39 Guelph Guelph Central GO Station Kitchener line
Guelph
39 Guelph University of Guelph Kitchener line
Highway 407 West
Guelph
39 Aberfoyle Aberfoyle GO Park and Ride Guelph
Highway 407 West
Waterloo
40 Erindale Erindale GO Station Milton Line
41 Victoria Orangeville
42 Caledon Caledon Carpool Lot Orangeville
43 Orangeville Orangeville Mall
Orangeville GO Park & Ride
Orangeville Carpool Lot
Orangeville
44 East Gwillimbury East Gwillimbury GO Station East Gwillimbury (via Highway 400)
Barrie line
45 Queensville Queensville Carpool Lot Keswick
46 Keswick Keswick Carpool Lot Keswick
50 Richmond Hill Richmond Hill GO Station Richmond Hill Line
50 Richmond Hill Major Mackenzie at Highway 404 Carpool Lot Keswick
51 Brooklin Beaverton
Highway 407 East
51 Myrtle Beaverton
52 Port Perry Beaverton
53 Saintfield Beaverton
54 Sunderland Beaverton
55 Beaverton Beaverton
56 Bolton South Bolton GO Park & Ride Lot Bolton
58 Bolton Bolton
59 Long Branch Long Branch GO Station Lakeshore West line
Niagara Falls
Brantford
60 Langstaff Langstaff GO Station Richmond Hill line
60 Langstaff Richmond Hill Centre Terminal Pearson Airport (via Highway 407)
Highway 407 East
61 Maple—Rutherford Rutherford GO Station
Maple GO Station
Barrie line
61 Maple Major Mackenzie at Highway 400 Carpool Lot East Gwillimbury (via Highway 400)
62 King King City GO Station Barrie line
63 Aurora Aurora GO Station Barrie line
63 Aurora Aurora Carpool Lot Barrie Line
Keswick
64 Newmarket Newmarket GO Station Barrie line
64 Newmarket Newmarket Bus Terminal
Highway 9 at 400 Carpool Lot
East Gwillimbury (via Highway 400)
64 Newmarket Davis Dr at 404 Carpool Lot Keswick
65 Bradford Bradford GO Station Barrie line
66 Deerhurst Barrie line
67 Churchill Barrie line
68 Barrie South Barrie South GO Station Barrie line
69 Barrie Allandale Waterfront GO Station
Barrie Bus Terminal
Barrie line
70 Milliken Milliken GO Station Stouffville line
71 Unionville Unionville GO Station Stouffville line
Highway 407 East
72 Markham—Centennial Centennial GO Station
Markham GO Station
Stouffville line
Highway 407 East
73 Mount Joy Mount Joy GO Station Stouffville line
Highway 407 East
74 Stouffville—Lincolnville Stouffville GO Station
Lincolnville GO Station
Stouffville line
75 Goodwood Stouffville line
76 Uxbridge Stouffville line
77 Kennedy Kennedy GO Station Stouffville line
78 Gormley Gormley GO Station Richmond Hill line
79 Mimico Mimico GO Station Lakeshore West line
Niagara Falls
Brantford
80 Stoney Creek Stoney Creek GO Park & Ride
Confederation GO Station
Niagara Falls
81 Grimsby Grimsby Carpool Lot Niagara Falls
82 Lincoln Beamsville Carpool Lot Niagara Falls
83 St. Catharines St. Catharines railway station
Fairview Mall
Niagara Falls
84 Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara College Niagara Falls
84 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls railway station
Niagara Falls Transit Terminal
Niagara Falls GO Park & Ride Lot
Niagara Falls
85 Brantford Brantford Bus Terminal Brantford
86 Brougham Brougham Carpool Lot Highway 407 East
88 Durham College Durham College
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Durham College Express
Highway 407 East
89 Malvern Centennial College
University of Toronto Scarborough
Highway 407 East
90 North Rouge Oshawa (via Highway 2)
91 Pickering Pickering GO Station Beaverton
Lakeshore East line
Highway 407 East
Peterborough
92 Ajax Ajax GO Station Beaverton
Lakeshore East line
Peterborough
93 Whitby Dundas at 412 GO Park & Ride Oshawa (via Highway 2)
93 Whitby Whitby GO Station Beaverton
Lakeshore East line
Peterborough
94 Oshawa Oshawa GO Station Lakeshore East
Peterborough
94 Oshawa Ritson GO Park & Ride Lakeshore East
94 Oshawa Oshawa Bus Terminal Lakeshore East Line
Highway 407 East
Oshawa (via Highway 2)
95 Courtice Courtice GO Park & Ride Lakeshore East line
96 Bowmanville Bowmanville GO Park & Ride Lakeshore East line
97 Newcastle Newcastle Carpool Lot Lakeshore East line
Peterborough

Fare classes

GO Transit offers three passenger fare classes: adult, senior and student. Senior fares are available for passengers over the age of 65. As of March 9, 2019, passengers under the age of 12 can ride free on all GO Transit trains and buses.[1]

Student fares are only available for those with acceptable student identification:

  • For high school students, school-issued student identification is needed. Note that these do not necessarily need to be identification issued by a school within GO Transit's service area.
  • Full-time students of post-secondary institutions anywhere in Canada (not necessarily within GO Transit's service area) for which student identification is reissued each year may use their school-issued student identification for proof of student fare qualification.
  • Students at Durham College, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and Trent University's Oshawa Campus require their school-issued student identification for proof of student fare qualification.
  • Students at Centennial College, Humber College, Michener Institute, Mohawk College, Niagara University, Sheridan College, and Trent University's Peterborough campus require a sticker to be affixed to their school-issued student identification for proof of student fare qualification.
  • Students at McMaster University holding a Hamilton Street Railway U-Pass require their school-issued student identification for proof of student fare qualification.
  • All other post-secondary students require the GO Transit student ID. It is valid for full-time students from October of one year to October of the next year, as long as the student retains full-time status. GO Transit student ID application forms may be obtained from the registrar's office of their institutions. These must be processed at GO Transit's offices at Union Station before they may be used as proof of student fare qualification. Students at Seneca College, Ryerson University, York University, University of Waterloo, and the University of Guelph may also obtain GO Transit student identification online, while students at the University of Toronto's St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough campuses may obtain their GO Transit student identification on campus.

Fare types

Up until July 31, 2012, GO Transit offered five types of fares:

  • Single-ride tickets are for one single journey between two fare zones. These expire four hours after purchase, and are not refundable.
  • Two-ride tickets are for two single journeys between two fare zones. These do not expire, but are not refundable.
  • Day passes are for unlimited journeys between two fare zones from 3AM one day to 3AM the next. These are not refundable.
  • Ten-ride tickets are for 10 single journeys between two fare zones. These do not expire, and unused portions may be refunded 30 days after purchase.
  • Monthly passes are for unlimited journeys between two fare zones for one calendar month. They are available for purchase 10 days before the month to 14 days into the month, and must be signed by its user for it to be valid. These may be refundable.

GO Transit stopped selling two-ride and ten-ride tickets on June 1, 2012 and stopped accepting two-ride and ten-ride tickets on July 31, 2012, in favour of using Presto Cards exclusively; paper monthly passes have been discontinued since 1 January 2013;[2] day passes remain available for purchase. Passengers may convert any unused rides on their tickets to equivalent value on a Presto Card before the end of 2012.

There is no distinction between bus and train service, with the exception of the seasonal train service to Niagara Falls: passengers paying single-ride tickets and traveling by train to Niagara Falls are assessed a $3 surcharge on top of existing fares.

Fares between two fare zones for a particular type of ticket and passenger category are based on multiples of the standard (adult single-ride) fare as follows:

Fare multiples for ticket users
Adult Senior Student
Single-Ride 1 0.5
Day Pass 2 1
Monthly Pass 34 20 28

Fares are rounded to the nearest $0.05 for single-ride fares and day passes and $1.00 for monthly passes, after fare multiples are applied. The minimum adult single-ride fare (for travel on GO Transit within one fare zone) is always $4.50; other fares depend on the fare zones travelled.

Presto card

PRESTO card reader at Oshawa station

The Presto card is also accepted on GO Transit. Passengers using the Presto Card must tap their cards against the reader upon embarking and disembarking the train or bus. Upon embarking, the minimum fare ($5.30) is always deducted from the card, with fare adjustments performed as the passenger disembarks.

Failure to tap the card upon disembarking ("missed tap-off") will cause the maximum fare to be deducted, under the assumption that the passenger travelled to the point furthest away from the origin point. (For example, passengers failing to tap off when boarding at Union Station will be assessed the fare travelling from Union Station to Kitchener GO Station, the point furthest away on any GO train route serving Union Station.) Passengers regularly travel by GO train may also set a "default trip" between two GO train stations, allowing them to avoid tapping their cards upon disembarking; passengers doing so will have the appropriate fare deducted upon embarking at either endpoint.

Adult and student passengers using the Presto card receive a further fare discount, depending on the number of trips that have been made per month between two fare zones.

Fare multiples for Presto Card users
Adult Student Senior
First 30 trips 0.8885 0.816 0.4735
Trips 31–35 0.8885 0.05 0.4735
Trips 36–40 0.1225 0.05 0.4735
Each trip thereafter Free Free Free

If there are rides between different sets of fare zones, the discounts after the 30th trip (students) and 35th trip (adults) will be based on the total value of rides taken so far; the fare discounts are structured so that adult and student passengers pay less over the course of a month compared to paying for a paper monthly pass ahead of time; the discrepancy is to encourage passengers to adopt the Presto card over the paper monthly pass.

Fare integration

GO Transit offers fare integration services with local transit providers, as well as with Via Rail.

Via Rail integration

Via Rail offers interline tickets with GO Transit, where passengers may travel on GO Transit trains and connect with Via Rail trains at any GO station also offering Via Rail services (Aldershot GO Station, Brampton GO Station, Georgetown GO Station, Guelph Central GO Station, Guildwood GO Station, Kitchener GO Station, Niagara Falls railway station (Ontario), Oakville GO Station, Oshawa GO Station, St. Catharines railway station, and Union Station) or vice versa on one ticket; the Via Rail ticket acts as a GO transit proof of payment on the GO transit leg. Via Rail interline tickets are not valid for GO buses when trains are not running.

Via Rail also offers the GO-Via Pak, which allows holders of GO Transit monthly passes (between applicable fare zones) to ride to Union Station from any GO Station also served by Via Rail trains (or vice versa) using Via Rail trains. The GO-Via Pak is priced at the difference between 10 adult single fares and the equivalent 10 adult economy fares on Via Rail. The GO-Via Pak is not offered for the seasonal trains serving St. Catharines railway station and Niagara Falls railway station (Ontario), or offered for trips originating at Guelph Central GO Station and Kitchener GO Station, due to Via Rail's own existing commuter pass options (note that Via Rail also offers commuter passes to Georgetown and Oshawa GO Stations, though they cannot be combined with GO Transit monthly passes in any event). The GO-Via Pak cannot be used with the Presto Card.

Local transit integration

Fare integration services may exist between GO Transit and local transit providers, where customers may ride GO buses within local service areas using appropriate local proof-of-payment (tickets and/or passes) at no additional cost; GO Transit will also issue a transfer for further travel on local transit providers upon request. Passengers paying by cash or travelling outside the local service area must pay GO transit fares. Passengers using Presto Card will be assessed GO transit fares, although plans are in place for local fares to be assessed instead of GO transit fares whenever they are lower.

  • Durham Region Transit – Though in the past, all GO bus routes serving Durham Region were integrated with DRT, since the launch of DRT Pulse only the routes not covered by DRT Pulse are integrated. This includes Route 71, 81, 88, 90, and 91, the latter two only between Newcastle and Downtown Oshawa.
  • York Region Transit (YRT) – No routes currently are integrated with YRT, though GO Transit had operated routes both on behalf of YRT and as a complement to YRT service in the past, before its eventual replacement with YRT routes. The last such route to have been integrated was Route 69 Sutton, which was replaced by YRT Route 50 Queensville.

GO Transit co-fares

Local transit systems may offer reduced local fares, known as "co-fares", when making a connection between a local route and a GO train or bus at certain locations. In all cases, passengers must present GO Transit proof-of-payment (a monthly pass or an un-cancelled ticket for passengers connecting to GO transit, or a monthly pass or a recently cancelled ticket for passengers connecting from GO Transit) to the local transit operator.

Passengers using the Presto card will automatically be assessed the co-fare where appropriate, depending on the status of the local transit operator's integration with the Presto Card. If the local transit operator does not currently accept the Presto Card, the co-fare cannot be used with the Presto Card.

Transit agency Presto card Co-fare Co-fare monthly pass Notes
Barrie Transit No Free No Valid to/from Barrie South GO Station or Allandale Waterfront GO Station.
  • Despite Barrie Transit having not adopted the Presto Card on its buses, the co-fare is also accepted for Presto Card holders.
Brampton Transit
(includes Züm)
Yes $0.80 No Valid to/from any GO train station in Brampton (Brampton, Bramalea, Mount Pleasant), Lisgar GO Station and Malton GO Station in Mississauga, and Brampton Bus Terminal.
  • Also valid for GO buses connecting to/from Brampton Transit services when using the Presto Card.
  • Co-fares are only accepted for single-ride tickets when connecting from GO Transit to BT services. A full BT fare is required when connecting to GO Transit from BT on a GO Transit single-ride ticket.
Burlington Transit Yes $0.70 No Valid to/from any GO train station in Burlington (Aldershot, Appleby, or Burlington).
  • Also valid for GO buses connecting to/from Burlington Transit services when using the Presto Card.
Durham Region Transit (DRT) Yes $0.80 No Valid to/from any GO Station in Durham Region (Ajax, Oshawa, Pickering, or Whitby) or Rouge Hill GO Station in Toronto.
  • Also valid for GO buses connecting to/from DRT services when using the Presto Card.
  • Co-fares are only accepted for single-ride tickets when connecting from GO Transit to DRT services. A full DRT fare is required when connecting to GO Transit from DRT on a GO Transit single-ride ticket.
  • Due to fare integration, DRT co-fares are not accepted on GO buses, and may not be used to connect between GO trains and GO buses; GO Transit fares will be assessed.
Grand River Transit
(including iXpress and GRT MobilityPLUS)
No $0.50 No Valid to/from Kitchener GO Station.
Guelph Transit No $0.60 No Valid to/from Guelph Central GO Station and University of Guelph.
  • Co-fares are only accepted for single-ride tickets when connecting from GO Transit to Guelph Transit services. A full Guelph Transit fare is required when connected to GO Transit from Guelph Transit on a GO Transit single-ride ticket.
Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) Yes $0.65 No Valid to/from all GO Stations in Hamilton and Aldershot Station in Burlington.
Milton Transit No $0.75 $30 Valid to/from Milton GO Station.
MiWay Yes $0.80 No Co-fares only offered for Presto Card holders.
Oakville Transit Yes $0.75 No Valid to/from any GO train station in Oakville (Bronte and Oakville), as well as Clarkson GO Station in Mississauga.
  • Also valid for GO buses connecting to/from Oakville Transit services when using the Presto Card.
Toronto Transit Commission No No No From January 7, 2018, until March 31, 2020, Presto card holders who transferred between GO Transit and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) services were able to save up to $1.50 on their fares as part of a co-fare discount agreement. The discount was not offered for customers who use cash, paper tickets, tokens, or a monthly Metropass on Presto. The program was discontinued on April 1, 2020, after the Ontario government failed to renew the contract to extend the discounted double fare program, meaning that customers will be charged the full fare when transferring between TTC and GO Transit services within the City of Toronto.

The TTC offers a program called "TTC Times Two", for TTC customers who pay their TTC fares by tokens or cash and obtain a paper transfer may board a second TTC service vehicle using that transfer from the first TTC leg if there is a GO Transit trip in between. Note that GO Transit proof of payment is not needed for this program. In addition, passengers connecting to TTC Route 38 (serving University of Toronto's Scarborough campus) from Rouge Hill GO Station may travel for free with GO Transit proof of payment. The program does not apply to customers who pay their TTC fares using Presto cards as a result of the TTC's unlimited 2-hour free transfer policy on Presto.[3]

Region of Peel TransHelp No $0.50 No Valid to/from Brampton GO Station.
York Region Transit (YRT)
(includes Viva and Toronto Transit Commission bus routes serving York Region, north of Steeles Avenue)
Yes $1.00 No Valid to/from any GO train station in York Region (Aurora, Centennial, East Gwillimbury, King City, Langstaff, Lincolnville, Maple, Markham, Mount Joy, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Rutherford, Stouffville, and Unionville), Milliken and York University GO Stations in Toronto, or Richmond Hill Centre Terminal.
  • Co-fares are only accepted for single-ride tickets when connecting from GO Transit to YRT services or TTC buses in York Region operating north of Steeles Avenue. Riders must use a Presto card in order to receive their co-fare discount when transferring between Viva bus services and GO Transit since it is not possible to purchase discounted fares or tickets from curbside YRT/Viva single-ride ticket vending machines. A full YRT fare is required when connecting to GO Transit from YRT on a GO Transit single-ride ticket.
  • Enterprise Vivastation is considered part of Unionville GO Station for the purposes of transferring between GO Transit services and Viva Purple and Viva Green.
  • Though TTC routes serving or terminating at Steeles Avenue may briefly enter York Region upon switching from outbound to inbound service, these are not services operated by the TTC on behalf of YRT; and thus co-fares are not offered. There are presently no TTC routes that serve both York Region and serve either of the GO Stations in Toronto where the YRT co-fare is offered.
  • The TTC Times Two program is not valid when connecting to a TTC bus in York Region, even if connecting to a destination in Toronto.
  • Co-Fare monthly passes are issued by the local transit agency, and allows for unlimited co-fare rides in a calendar month. Passengers not connecting to GO Transit services must pay the full local transit fare. Currently, co-fares are not counted towards any local transit agency's Presto card loyalty programs.

References

  1. ^ "GO Transit Child Fare – Kids GO Free!". GOTransit.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ^ Kalinowski, Tess (15 October 2012). "GO Transit cancels monthly pass". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  3. ^ [1] TTC Times Two with Metrolinx www.ttc.ca