page_title: GO Transit Regional Express Rail
section_title: Proposed frequencies
hierarchical_section_title: GO Transit Regional Express Rail / Proposed frequencies
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of proposed GO Transit Regional Express Rail services
context_page_description: Regional Express Rail, also known as GO Expansion, is a project to improve GO Transit train service by adding all-day, two-way service to the Barrie line and the inner portions of the Kitchener line and the Stouffville line, and by increasing frequency of train service on various lines to as often as every 15 minutes on five of the corridors. This would be achieved with the full electrification of the Lakeshore East line and the Barrie line and the electrification of the inner portions of the Lakeshore West line, the Kitchener line, and the Stouffville line. RER is one of the Big Move rapid transit projects.
  With RER, GO Transit will increase the number of train trips per week from 1,500 to about 2,200 by 2020 and expanding to 6,000 weekly trips upon completion. Most of the extra trips will be in the off-peak hours and on weekends. The expanded services, new infrastructure and electrification is projected to roll out in phases between 2025 and 2030. The 10-year regional express rail plan will cost $13.5 billion, and will require 150 kilometres of new track including new bridges and tunnels.
context_section_description: Metrolinx proposes the following service levels along the GO train network:
  Two-way, all-day 15-minute service:
  for the Lakeshore West line between Aldershot and Union Station
  for the Lakeshore East line between Oshawa and Union Station
  for the Kitchener line between Bramalea and Union Station
  for the Barrie line between Aurora and Union Station and
  for the Stouffville line between Unionville and Union Station
  Two-way 60-minute service:
  for the Lakeshore West line between Hamilton GO Centre and Union Station
  for the Kitchener line between Mount Pleasant and Union Station (weekday midday periods only)
  for the Barrie line between Allandale Waterfront (Barrie) and Union Station
  for the Stouffville line between Mount Joy (Markham) and Union Station
  Peak period, peak direction service on weekdays:
  every 15 minutes on the Lakeshore West line between Hamilton GO Centre and Union Station
  every 30 minutes on the Lakeshore West line between West Harbour and Union Station
  every 15 minutes on the Milton line
  every 30 minutes on the Kitchener line between Kitchener and Union Station
  every 15 minutes on the Kitchener line between Mount Pleasant and Union Station
  every 30 minutes on the Barrie line between Allandale Waterfront (Barrie) and Union Station
  every 15 minutes on the Richmond Hill line
  every 20 minutes on the Stouffville line between Lincolnville and Union Station
  Express service:
  In addition to the services outlined above, communities between Oakville and Hamilton on the Lakeshore West line, between Bramalea and Kitchener on the Kitchener line, and between Pickering and Oshawa on the Lakeshore East line would enjoy express services to/from Union Station.
caption: Map of proposed GO Transit Regional Express Rail services
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