February 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Still rolling w the vintage 2015 Presto card. Cold dead hands etc until I lose it.
April 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Still rolling w the vintage 2015 Presto card. Cold dead hands etc until I lose it.
Has he forgotten about UPExpress?
May 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Has he forgotten about UPExpress?
You could put strobe lights & air horns on the UPexpress & there’s a cohort who will only think you can drive to the airport (not this guy - he knows but he’s appealing to a small group of Toronto people & esp biz elites). Deserving of endless mocking, all of them.
Pierre Poilievre says the Billy Bishop runway expansion would have "an enormous environmental benefit" because "it will take cars off the road."
May 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
You could put strobe lights & air horns on the UPexpress & there’s a cohort who will only think you can drive to the airport (not this guy - he knows but he’s appealing to a small group of Toronto people & esp biz elites). Deserving of endless mocking, all of them.
August 1, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Guess where I am. No, guess.
Just in transit, on my way to a workshop in Kingston.
The UPExpress has really unlocked possibility of taking Via to Belleville/Kingston after a YVR-YYZ flight. For a solo traveler it is cheaper than rental car. Much less risk of falling asleep at the wheel too....
Just in transit, on my way to a workshop in Kingston.
The UPExpress has really unlocked possibility of taking Via to Belleville/Kingston after a YVR-YYZ flight. For a solo traveler it is cheaper than rental car. Much less risk of falling asleep at the wheel too....
April 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Guess where I am. No, guess.
Just in transit, on my way to a workshop in Kingston.
The UPExpress has really unlocked possibility of taking Via to Belleville/Kingston after a YVR-YYZ flight. For a solo traveler it is cheaper than rental car. Much less risk of falling asleep at the wheel too....
Just in transit, on my way to a workshop in Kingston.
The UPExpress has really unlocked possibility of taking Via to Belleville/Kingston after a YVR-YYZ flight. For a solo traveler it is cheaper than rental car. Much less risk of falling asleep at the wheel too....
September 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Bro take the UpExpress I need to visit my parents
November 15, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Bro take the UpExpress I need to visit my parents
Sunday night at Mount Dennis station (2) #toronto #mountdennis #mountdennisstation #ttc #gotransit #upexpress #masstransit #commuterrail #rail
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sunday night at Mount Dennis station (2) #toronto #mountdennis #mountdennisstation #ttc #gotransit #upexpress #masstransit #commuterrail #rail
Happy 10th Birthday to the UP Express.
Opened on June 6, 2015 it provided a rail link between Union Station and Toronto Pearson International Airport, with stops at Bloor and Weston Stations.
Were you there on opening day?
📸 @kangarue.bsky.social
#UPExpress #Toronto #TorontoTransit
Opened on June 6, 2015 it provided a rail link between Union Station and Toronto Pearson International Airport, with stops at Bloor and Weston Stations.
Were you there on opening day?
📸 @kangarue.bsky.social
#UPExpress #Toronto #TorontoTransit
June 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Happy 10th Birthday to the UP Express.
Opened on June 6, 2015 it provided a rail link between Union Station and Toronto Pearson International Airport, with stops at Bloor and Weston Stations.
Were you there on opening day?
📸 @kangarue.bsky.social
#UPExpress #Toronto #TorontoTransit
Opened on June 6, 2015 it provided a rail link between Union Station and Toronto Pearson International Airport, with stops at Bloor and Weston Stations.
Were you there on opening day?
📸 @kangarue.bsky.social
#UPExpress #Toronto #TorontoTransit
Pearson is only 15 minutes away on UPExpress, so I can only think these "business community" chatterers hate Pearson airport. Who doesn't hate Pearson? Too bad, you can't have Toronto's waterfront 🤷♀️
Why exactly is this airport valuable?
How exactly does it contribute to the local economy while carrying 4% of passengers?
No one can ever say. It’s vibes upon vibes.
The airport itself can’t even cook up a plausible economic impact statement.
www.thestar.com/business/tor...
How exactly does it contribute to the local economy while carrying 4% of passengers?
No one can ever say. It’s vibes upon vibes.
The airport itself can’t even cook up a plausible economic impact statement.
www.thestar.com/business/tor...
Toronto business community 'disappointed' Billy Bishop jet expansion isn't moving forward
Business groups call Ottawa decision to halt expansion for jets a missed opportunity that could leave the downtown airport on 'borrowed time.'
www.thestar.com
July 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Pearson is only 15 minutes away on UPExpress, so I can only think these "business community" chatterers hate Pearson airport. Who doesn't hate Pearson? Too bad, you can't have Toronto's waterfront 🤷♀️
Leaving Mount Dennis station on the UP Express #toronto #mountdennis #mountdennisstation #ttc #gotransit #upexpress #masstransit #commuterrail #rail
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Leaving Mount Dennis station on the UP Express #toronto #mountdennis #mountdennisstation #ttc #gotransit #upexpress #masstransit #commuterrail #rail
GO Transit currently carries 7.5million last month on trains and UPExpress only (excluding the regional buses that they also operate).
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
GO Transit currently carries 7.5million last month on trains and UPExpress only (excluding the regional buses that they also operate).
I'll never understand going to Union for any reason other than for GO/Via/UpExpress. It's not a destination in/of itself for me. The businesses are places I kill time in waiting to board. Returning, I just want to get home not hang around there. I can walk to tons of good restos outside Union.
March 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'll never understand going to Union for any reason other than for GO/Via/UpExpress. It's not a destination in/of itself for me. The businesses are places I kill time in waiting to board. Returning, I just want to get home not hang around there. I can walk to tons of good restos outside Union.
Honestly, this change makes sense though UPExpress will need renaming. Without renovating Pearson airport for lower-platform trains, we create a conflict at Wice between services to Pearson and local KIT services from Malton. Further, there are only three tracks from Wice to Malton, limiting locals.
More details on the modified St. Clair-Old Weston Station have been released
Part of the platform will be used by the
UP Express, longer 4 to 5 car trains will be able to stop here.
The rest will remain unused. In the future, this station may be a stop on the GO Transit Kitchener Line
Part of the platform will be used by the
UP Express, longer 4 to 5 car trains will be able to stop here.
The rest will remain unused. In the future, this station may be a stop on the GO Transit Kitchener Line
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Honestly, this change makes sense though UPExpress will need renaming. Without renovating Pearson airport for lower-platform trains, we create a conflict at Wice between services to Pearson and local KIT services from Malton. Further, there are only three tracks from Wice to Malton, limiting locals.
Photo memories just reminded me of this pic I took of a sign in the junction letting people how many more piles needed to be driven to build the (UPExpress) underpass). Remember the incessant pounding the entire west side could hear??
September 4, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Photo memories just reminded me of this pic I took of a sign in the junction letting people how many more piles needed to be driven to build the (UPExpress) underpass). Remember the incessant pounding the entire west side could hear??
I don’t think UPExpress can be an express without a comprehensive rethink of track assignments and infrastructure. Just call it UPLink or the Pearson Line. UP trains are assigned the westernmost track pair (T3&T4) which is the track pair for local trains where new local stations will be.
March 22, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I don’t think UPExpress can be an express without a comprehensive rethink of track assignments and infrastructure. Just call it UPLink or the Pearson Line. UP trains are assigned the westernmost track pair (T3&T4) which is the track pair for local trains where new local stations will be.
I think I saw @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social post this idea, but I think OL could also take over the UPExpress service’s local tracks on the Kitchener corridor as an alternative to a Dufferin or Parkside alignment.
I also honestly think we try to make rapid transit follow streets too much.
I also honestly think we try to make rapid transit follow streets too much.
February 20, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I think I saw @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social post this idea, but I think OL could also take over the UPExpress service’s local tracks on the Kitchener corridor as an alternative to a Dufferin or Parkside alignment.
I also honestly think we try to make rapid transit follow streets too much.
I also honestly think we try to make rapid transit follow streets too much.
Then, all services would be electrified (at least to Bramalea) and divert by tunnel under the airport (eliminating UPExpress and high-floor trains from the network, sold to a US system like Boston or Metra Electric). Pearson spur could be repurposed for use by a Line 6 extension via Woodbine.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Then, all services would be electrified (at least to Bramalea) and divert by tunnel under the airport (eliminating UPExpress and high-floor trains from the network, sold to a US system like Boston or Metra Electric). Pearson spur could be repurposed for use by a Line 6 extension via Woodbine.
Metrolinx should sell its UPExpress DMUs to SMART when it gets electric EMUs for the Pearson services.
August 20, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Metrolinx should sell its UPExpress DMUs to SMART when it gets electric EMUs for the Pearson services.
About 5 years ago my Toronto to Ottawa train got stopped for four hours around Brockville. And then reversed to Toronto, where I hopped on the last UPExpress to Pearson, slept in the airport (that’s an experience), and took a 5am flight home. 24 hours, all in.
I almost always fly now.
I almost always fly now.
Not sure those unfamiliar with the geography of Eastern Ontario appreciate how absurd it is Via forced passengers to sleep overnight at the station in Brockville
Brockville is only an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. Via couldn’t get buses to shuttle them back? How is there no contingency plan?
Brockville is only an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. Via couldn’t get buses to shuttle them back? How is there no contingency plan?
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
About 5 years ago my Toronto to Ottawa train got stopped for four hours around Brockville. And then reversed to Toronto, where I hopped on the last UPExpress to Pearson, slept in the airport (that’s an experience), and took a 5am flight home. 24 hours, all in.
I almost always fly now.
I almost always fly now.
That’s Toronto’s situation. Lakeshores run over 4tph in the peak direction at rush hour with diesel locomotives hauling 12 bilevel coaches (to the surprise of some foreign rail fans) and UPExpress runs 4tph all day long with DMUs.
Also Adelaide has that situation with the Outer Harbour/Grange line.
Also Adelaide has that situation with the Outer Harbour/Grange line.
April 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
That’s Toronto’s situation. Lakeshores run over 4tph in the peak direction at rush hour with diesel locomotives hauling 12 bilevel coaches (to the surprise of some foreign rail fans) and UPExpress runs 4tph all day long with DMUs.
Also Adelaide has that situation with the Outer Harbour/Grange line.
Also Adelaide has that situation with the Outer Harbour/Grange line.
Sunday night at Mount Dennis station (1) #toronto #mountdennis #mountdennisstation #ttc #gotransit #upexpress #masstransit #commuterrail #rail
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sunday night at Mount Dennis station (1) #toronto #mountdennis #mountdennisstation #ttc #gotransit #upexpress #masstransit #commuterrail #rail