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I was in Toronto over the winter break, with many relatives and friends in the greater Toronto area. I took the GO Transit trains to travel between Union St in

I was in Toronto over the winter break, with many relatives and friends in the greater Toronto area. I took the GO Transit trains to travel between Union St in Toronto and nearby cities. I was quite impressed by the system. A simple Tap on/off with your credit card works for payments. Trains were on time within the minute, which was very comforting. The trains were clean and well maintained. I don't know about usage during normal days, but it's likely used quite a lot. Might be used a lot more if the trains were a bit faster.

Scoundreller 3y ago
Was largely a commuter service. Unfortunate part was that it was built over existing freight rail so mainly suburban stations with big parking lots that can be out of the way (and have to side to let prioritized freight pass, but new tracks have largely eliminated that). Pre-Covid, often at full capacity during morning/evening rushes and never “sold out”, you could always stand if you couldn’t get a seat. And flexible as no scheduled/reserved tickets. Credit card tap on/off is very new (last 12 months maybe). Nice that they have bathrooms on every car (looking at you Paris RER!!!).