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===Off-peak service and further expansion=== In the summer of 2012, a pilot train service was introduced on weekends and holidays between June and September.{{sfn|GO Transit: Seasonal service|2012}} Two trains in each direction completed the entire route, while an additional four trains ran between Union Station and [[East Gwillimbury GO station]].{{sfn|GO Transit|2012}} The summer service cost {{currency|520,000|CAD}} to operate, including train crews, safety and enforcement, station staffing and fuel.{{sfn|Bruton|2013}} Bidirectional weekend service was offered again in summer 2013, with four trains in each direction covering the entire route from Toronto to Barrie, making all stops and having a bus connection at [[Rutherford GO Station]] for non-stop service to [[Canada's Wonderland]].{{sfn|Bruton|2013}}{{sfn|GO Transit: Barrie Seasonal Service|2013}} It cost {{currency|400,000|CAD}} to operate.{{sfn|Bruton|2013}} For the summers of 2014, 2015 and 2016, the same train service was provided, but without non-stop buses to Canada's Wonderland, requiring those passengers to transfer instead to [[York Region Transit]] local bus service at [[Maple GO Station]].{{sfn|GO Transit|2014}} On December 31, 2016, year-round weekend train service was introduced with service every 75 minutes in both directions between Toronto and Aurora, including three daily trains per direction covering the full route between Toronto and Barrie.{{sfn|Government of Ontario|2016}} On December 30, 2017, the {{stl|TTC|Downsview Park}} GO Station (an intermodal station intersecting with the [[Toronto Transit Commission]]'s (TTC) new [[Line 1 Yonge-University]] [[Line 1 Yonge-University#Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension|subway extension]]) opened, and service to York University station was correspondingly reduced to peak hours only.{{sfn|Toronto Transit Commission|2010}}{{sfn|Metrolinx|2010}} At the same time, the Barrie line's weekend train service was improved to every 60 minutes between Union and Aurora, and new hourly weekday off-peak service was introduced between Union and Aurora, as well as additional peak period trains between Union Station to Bradford GO Station.{{sfn|CTV News|2017}} Although the station was intended to entirely replace [[York University GO Station]], limited peak-period service was maintained to York University station following the opening of Downsview Park station. Due to the temporary closure of the York University campus during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto]], all service to [[York University GO Station]] was suspended on March 18, 2020.<ref name="YorkU-shuttle">{{cite web |url=https://www.yorku.ca/transportation/go-train-shuttle-service/ |title=GO Train Shuttle Service |publisher=York University |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719204317/https://www.yorku.ca/transportation/go-train-shuttle-service/ |archive-date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref> On July 19, 2021, Metrolinx announced that the station was permanently closed.<ref name="Metrolinx-2021-07-19">{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/07/19/york-university-go-station-closes-to-make-way-for-barrie-line-expansion/ |title=York University GO Station closes to make way for Barrie Line expansion |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719195054/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/07/19/york-university-go-station-closes-to-make-way-for-barrie-line-expansion/ | archive-date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref> ====Davenport Diamond grade separation==== {{OSM Location map | coord = {{coord|43.66720|-79.44890}} | zoom = 15 | width = 250 | height = 300 | caption = Location of Davenport Diamond in Toronto | mark-lat = 43.66720 | mark-lon = -79.44890 | label = Davenport Diamond | label-pos = top | mark-title = Davenport Diamond | mark-image = <!-- | used within the full screen linked page --> | mark-description = <!-- | --> }} The Davenport Diamond was an at-grade rail-to-rail crossing of the GO Barrie line and east–west [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CP Rail]] North Toronto subdivision tracks near Davenport Road in Toronto. It was one of the busiest train intersections in North America.<ref name="metrolinx.com">{{Cite web|title=Metrolinx: For a Greater Region - Davenport Diamond: Guideway & Greenway|url=http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/davenport-diamond.aspx|access-date=2020-06-29|df=mdy-all|website=www.metrolinx.com|archive-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624122833/http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/davenport-diamond.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In order to increase service frequency on the Barrie line, GO Transit identified the need to remove the diamond and build a grade separated crossing. In 2015 Metrolinx initiated a Transit Project Assessment Process (an environmental assessment process specific to transit projects) based on the preferred option of constructing an overpass to carry the GO line over the east-west CP Rail line.<ref name="metrolinx.com"/> The grade separated crossing (which Metrolinx calls the Davenport Diamond Guideway<ref name="Metrolinx-2022/03/22">{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/03/22/upcoming-bloor-bridge-reconstruction-means-full-road-and-sidewalk-closures/ |title=Upcoming Bloor bridge reconstruction means full road and sidewalk closures |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=March 22, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325165246/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/03/22/upcoming-bloor-bridge-reconstruction-means-full-road-and-sidewalk-closures/ | archivedate=March 25, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>) is on a {{convert|1.4|km|1|adj=on|abbr=}} long, {{convert|8.5|m|adj=on}} high rail bridge. It lies between Bloor Street West and St. Clair Avenue West parallel to Lansdowne Avenue. The bridge will allow GO Transit to run all-day, two-way service on the Barrie line without freight traffic disruptions. The 2015 estimated cost of the project was $120 million.<ref name=TheStar-2015-08-07>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/08/07/go-gives-city-more-time-to-consider-giant-rail-bridge.html |title=GO gives city more time to consider giant rail bridge |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |author=Tess Kalinowski, Transportation reporter |date=August 7, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-31 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=TheStar-2015-11-17>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/11/17/metrolinx-to-move-ahead-with-giant-davenport-rail-bridge.html |title=Metrolinx to move ahead with giant Davenport rail bridge |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |author=Tess Kalinowski, Transportation reporter |date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-31|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The project began construction in 2017.<ref name="metrolinx.com"/> The Davenport Diamond Guideway went into service on Monday April 3, 2023, and the grade-level Davenport Diamond went out of service on the prior weekend. The ground-level track approaching the diamond will be removed.<ref name="Metrolinx-2023-04-04">{{cite web |url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/go-trains-now-traveling-across-davenport-diamond-guideway |title=GO Trains now traveling across Davenport Diamond Guideway |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405034202/https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/go-trains-now-traveling-across-davenport-diamond-guideway | archive-date=April 5, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{needs update|date=April 2024}} At the same time of building the guideway, further community improvements were added in the immediate vicinity, including noise wall and bearing pads, a rail overpass above Wallace Avenue and a pedestrian underpass at Paton Road, as well as a replacement of the Bloor Street West bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Davenport Diamond: Guideway|url=http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/docs/davenport/Project-Backgrounder-Davenport-Diamond_V7.pdf|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630230937/http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/docs/davenport/Project-Backgrounder-Davenport-Diamond_V7.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2024|reason=Published well before project completion. A newer source is needed.}} Other grade separations are planned. One was completed at Rutherford Road immediately north of [[Rutherford GO Station]],{{sfn|GO Transit|2020}} and another is planned at McNaughton Road north of [[Maple GO Station]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
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