Union Pearson Express

Riders can then transfer to replacement buses or TTC service.

That also means there's no UP Express service this weekend.

GO buses will run direct between Union and Pearson.

York Regional Police are increasing their presence this weekend as members of the Jewish community observe the High Holy Days.

When we think about Union Station, that's the welcoming area of the city.

People that take the GO train into the city, they take the UP Express, end up at Union Station.

And that's our front door where we welcome people from all over to Toronto.

And it shouldn't be a place where there's open drug use and delinquent behavior and people sleeping there and all kinds of things that make...

the worst in maybe the world.

You should take the UP Express.

Is that like a train?

It's like a, yeah, it's like a train.

There is currently no timeline for the project to begin.

Steeper penalties for fare evasion on GO and UP express trains take effect today.

Penalties begin at $200 for a first offense and are raised by $100 for each subsequent offense.

After six penalties, the fine can be up to $1,000.

Other stuff that takes effect today, aside from everybody back to school.

There are now steeper GO Transit and UP Express fare evasion penalties.

So, effective today, first offence is $200.

Second offence, current fine is $50 plus a $25 late payment charge, but the proposed fine is now $300.

On and on it goes.

I mean, honestly, how do you get to multiple offenses? You'd think that the first time you'd learn your lesson.

And frankly, I don't know about your experience, but I have never taken the up express without there being a fair enforcement officer aboard.

So yesterday it was farewell to the Snowbirds in Toronto because the Snowbirds are actually still going to be doing public performances moving forward until they do the Grey Cup in Calgary on the 15th of November.

Driver, 56-year-old Wabashin man, charged with impaired driving, having an open container of liquor and driving without a valid permit.

If you ride Go Transit or UP Express without valid proof of payment, it is going to cost you more starting tomorrow.

Metrolinx raising fare evasion fines.

The first offence climbing from $35 to $200.

Medical schools must now reserve at least 95% of undergraduate seats for Ontario residents.

GO Transit and UP Express are also seeing major changes including new schedules and sharply higher fare evasion fines beginning in September.

which is where I'm from.

It's called the Union Pearson or Up Express.

Over the years, though, it has not been without problems.

Project delays, increasing construction costs, overpricing of tickets, lower than expected ridership at one point, track signal issues, financial problems.

And I think this is something that you wanted to put in the window prior to the election, 55 days out, and it's backfired because this is so emblematic of the short end of the stick that Torontonians are getting right now, where they are paying more and they are getting less.

And the whole idea behind platform edge doors, as you've seen in other cities, or even on the UP Express here in the city of Toronto, is it makes it safer for customers, it makes it cleaner, and it makes it more reliable.

And these gates that you can just walk through, walk around, they do nothing on that front.

So it's a big expense that doesn't work.