Bewildered commuters were turned away from shuttered rail lines on Thursday as an unprecedented railway lockout upset travel plans for more than 30,000 daily riders in some of Canada's largest cities. Canadian National Railway Co.
Bewildered commuters were turned away from shuttered rail lines on Thursday as an unprecedented railway lockout upset travel plans for more than 30,000 daily riders in some of Canada's largest cities.
Southern Ontario's GO Transit halted rail service at Hamilton GO Centre and along its Milton line, sidelining a combined 8,100 customers. Shraddha Mhatre, a commuter who arrived at the Cooksville station unaware of the stoppage, decided to work from home. "So far, no pinch points and no significant concerns raised, but of course, we’re always monitoring very closely," she said in an interview.
Exo said workers would be on the ground Thursday and Friday to help orient customers. The service plans to have some shuttles available as of Monday but warned that the number of available buses was insufficient to fully replace the trains. In the Vancouver area, TransLink said it's offering supplemental bus service for its suspended West Coast Express service. The transit service said more than 3,000 passengers take the line each day.
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