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REPORT File # 3 /. lo3.
Res.
By -Law #
MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee
DATE: Monday, March 7, 1988
REPORT #: PD -60 -88 _ FILE #: PLN 22.2
SUBJECT: PROPOSED CHANGES TO GO BUS SERVICE
OUR FILE: PLN 22.2
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD -60 -88 be received for information.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
Staff have recently been advised of proposed changes to the GO Transit Bus Service,
presently operating within the Town of Newcastle, as a result of the impending
opening of the Whitby GO Rail extension.
In that regard, Staff note that the present service extends from Bowmanville to the
Oshawa Downtown Bus Station and operates every 60 minutes. This service would
remain unchanged during offpeak hours, however, during the peak period, the GO
Transit is proposing that the 60 minute service be reduced to 40 minutes with an
extension to the Whitby GO Bus and Rail Station and that a further service be
added, being a direct 40 minute service between Bowmanville and the Whitby Station.
This direct or express service would follow Liberty Street South to Baseline, west
on Baseline Road to Waverly Road, and then from Waverly Road, west on the 401 to
the Whitby Station.
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If Council so desire, GO Transit Staff are available to attend a Committee
Meeting to further explain the proposed changes.
Respectfully submitted,
Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Chief ElinAstrative officer