Milton line

Milton
GO Train south of Queen Street West, travelling eastbound to Union Station
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
System	GO Train
Locale	Greater Toronto Area
Stations	9
Daily ridership	30,000 (2014)
Website	Table 21
Operation
Opened	October 27, 1981
Owner	Canadian Pacific Railway
Operator(s)	GO Transit
Technical
Line length	50.2 kilometres (31.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
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The Milton line is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Milton.

Following a promotional opening on Sunday October 26, 1981, regular service began the following Monday. Six trips were operated from 2002-2009 and five before this. From 2009-2011, there were seven inbound and seven outbound train trips daily. An eighth train was added to the morning and afternoon runs in 2011 and a ninth train started on January 5, 2015. On February 25, 2016, a tenth train was announced for the 2016-17 fiscal year, as part of the 2016 Ontario budget process.

On April 16, 2015, the Ontario government is working with Metrolinx to have more train service along the Milton line, known as GO Regional Express Rail over the next decade. During peak hours, trains would run in peak direction every 15 minutes along this line.

The Canadian Pacific Railway strongly resisted all efforts to put passenger trains on what is now called the Milton line. If it hadn’t been for the 1979 derailment and Hazel McCallion, there might be no service on the line to this day. After the derailment, McCallion and Mississauga city council threatened to sue CP for the huge emergency services bill caused by the derailment on the CPR line near Mavis Rd. As part of the compromise that got the suit dropped, CP agreed to drop their long-standing objection to passenger service on their freight line.

Bus service was expanded into the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo in October 2009. Several bus routes operate between the University of Waterloo, Kitchener Charles Street Transit Terminal, and Cambridge SmartCentre shopping centre to the Square One Bus Terminal in central Mississauga, including a small number of trips connecting with the train service at Milton GO Station.