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When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen
When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen

When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen

Date7/26/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: When the go trains aren't going; Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains; not operating because of the strike of 20;000 railwaymen.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0017374F
      Thousands of commuters transfer daily from GO trains to the subway at Union Station (above)
      Thousands of commuters transfer daily from GO trains to the subway at Union Station (above)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/26/1970
      Worth The Wait? A bored commuter, stranded by the TTC strike, joins the line of people waiting yesterday at Union Station for GO trains to take them home
      Worth The Wait? A bored commuter, stranded by the TTC strike, joins the line of people waiting yesterday at Union Station for GO trains to take them home
      Loek, Dick
      9/12/1991
      People who have to stand on GO trains should only pay half fare, Port Credit reader Harold Ross recommends in accompanying letter. This is the practice, he says, at hockey or football games
      People who have to stand on GO trains should only pay half fare, Port Credit reader Harold Ross recommends in accompanying letter. This is the practice, he says, at hockey or football games
      Teskey, Frank
      11/19/1970
      Slow Going: More than 2,000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday, hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began
      Slow Going: More than 2,000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday, hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began
      Gower, Patti
      9/12/1991
      Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
      Go Trains go Double-Decker, A double-decker Go train pulls into Pickering station yesterday, one of nine two-level trains borrowed from CP Rail for two weeks for a test on Go's lakeshore run
      Beaty, Keith
      7/23/1974
      Commuters lined up outside Union Station yesterday for buses to take them home
      Commuters lined up outside Union Station yesterday for buses to take them home
      Goode, Jeff
      8/20/1973
      No GO! Oshawa commuters weren't happy about the news they'll have to wait at least an extra two years for the GO train extension to reach Oshawa. Some(...)
      No GO! Oshawa commuters weren't happy about the news they'll have to wait at least an extra two years for the GO train extension to reach Oshawa. Some(...)
      Dunlop, Al
      3/4/1983
      Go transit service to Toronto from Georgetown will begin April 29, with three trains each morning and afternoon
      Go transit service to Toronto from Georgetown will begin April 29, with three trains each morning and afternoon
      Norris, Dave
      3/28/1974
      Ready for action! Go trains are lined up and waiting to go at the railway yards at Bathurst and Front Sts
      Ready for action! Go trains are lined up and waiting to go at the railway yards at Bathurst and Front Sts
      Goode, Jeff
      4/20/1983
      Commuters delayed. A GO train tore apart a stalled car early today moments after its driver jumped out and ran from the tracks on Scarborough Golf Clu(...)
      Commuters delayed. A GO train tore apart a stalled car early today moments after its driver jumped out and ran from the tracks on Scarborough Golf Clu(...)
      Millar, Cal
      7/19/1988
      Spadina subway rush-hour commuters line up to board train at new St
      Spadina subway rush-hour commuters line up to board train at new St
      Slaughter, Mike
      1/30/1978
      We'll have 80 mph commuter trains
      We'll have 80 mph commuter trains
      Gardiner, Fred Goldwin, 1895-1983
      1/3/1966