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Public transit platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.

PC
  • Take control of Ottawa's LRT network, and integrate it with Metrolinx

    "A re-elected PC government would upload the Ottawa LRT, subject to due diligence, and integrate its operations under Metrolinx. This integration would create new opportunities to reduce costs and improve services through greater economies of scale and expertise in managing large projects, particularly as the LRT project completes Stage 2 and begins Stage 3 expansion." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in the Peel Region to free up existing rails for passenger train service

    "Working in partnership with the federal government, CPKC and CN to ensure continued and reliable freight rail access throughout the region, a re-elected PC government would seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region that would take freight rail around the City of Toronto to reduce congestion and free up existing rail capacity for passenger train service." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Build multiple new GO rail lines

    "When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide two-way, all-day GO rail service for Milton and Kitchener
  • Move up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC's Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave E & McGowan Rd

    "Moving up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC’s Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave. East and McCowan Road." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Install charging plug ports, cup holders, and improved wifi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains

    "Install charging plug ports, cup holders and improved Wi-Fi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains to make travelling and commuting more convenient and enjoyable." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

  • Extend the Hazel McCallion LRT by building the Mississauga loop and bringing the line into downtown Brampton via a tunnel

    "Extend the Hazel McCallion LRT by building the Mississauga loop and bringing the line into downtown Brampton, including tunnelling the Brampton portion of the transitway." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

ONDP
  • Fund Phase 2 of the Waterloo ION LRT
  • Include the Mississauga Loop as part of the Hazel McCallion Line
  • Extend LRT into downtown Brampton
  • Cost share municipal transit operating funding 50-50

    "We’ll cost share municipal transit operating funding 50-50 to improve reliability and affordability." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Expand the GO Lakeshore West rail line, build the Grimsby GO station, and restore reliable express GO service

    "Commuters in Niagara will finally be able to ride on the long-planned and long-delayed expansions and improvements to the GO Lakeshore West rail line, including moving ahead on the Grimsby GO station and restoring reliable express GO service." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Provide two-way all-day GO service to Kitchener, Guelph, Brampton, Niagara, London, and Bowmanville

Liberal
  • Take ownership of the Ottawa LRT and expand it
  • Hire 300 more special constables for the TTC, OC Transpo, Metrolinks, and other major transit providers

    "Hire an additional 300 special constables for TTC, OC Transpo, Metrolinx and other major transit service providers across the province." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Provide operational funding for safety equipment like cameras for transit services
  • Electrify and increase GO service throught the GTA and southwestern Ontario
  • Install platform doors in all TTC subway stations

Green
  • Take responsibility for funding transit that used to be provincially-funded

    "Upload costs to the province that had previously been unfairly downloaded onto municipalities like community housing, shelters, and transit funding" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

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