GO Transit will run extra train service for this year's Caribana Festival

TORONTO, July 27, 2010 /CNW/ - GO Transit is excited to offer additional train service during the 43rd annual Caribana Festival this year. This additional service will help over the one million people who are expected to attend this festival get downtown and will be offered on Sunday, August 1 and on the Civic Holiday, Monday, August 2.

An additional Lakeshore East train will depart Exhibition Station at 8:33 p.m. making all stops to Oshawa. For passengers travelling westbound, the 8:10 p.m. Niagara Falls train out of Union Station will make additional stops at Mimico, Long Branch, Clarkson, Bronte, Appleby, and Aldershot.

On Monday, August 2, GO will operate its Holiday schedule with the addition of the special Caribana Festival service on Lakeshore East and West.

For GO passengers travelling with smaller children: We ask that you travel with strollers that can easily be stowed rather than bulky strollers or wagons. With so many people using GO, spaces is limited and smaller strollers will help make it a comfortable and safe ride for everyone.

Toronto's Caribana Festival includes hundreds of Caribbean inspired events, classes and parties and is currently North America's largest cultural festival.

For specific schedule information, visit the Schedules section at gotransit.com. The public can also call 416.869.3200, 1.888.GET ON GO (438.6646), or 1.800.387.3652 TTY.

GO Transit is the Province of Ontario's interregional public transit system linking Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). GO carries nearly 55 million passengers a year in an extensive network of train and bus services that spans over 10,000 square kilometres. GO Transit is a division of Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario. Follow GO on Twitter and Facebook.

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