Last night marked the first significant snowfall across the Toronto area with places surrounding the city getting a dose of powder that far surpassed downtown accumulation levels.
Despite everyone else knowing a traditional Canadian winter was on its way, however, it seems like Metrolinx didn't get the memo.
In a tradition as ingrained in our winter culture as ice hockey, GO Transit held up thousands of commuters trying to get into the city this morning with multiple delays and wonky service.
It's snows in Toronto EVERY YEAR... How have I spent the past 2 hours on the Go Train due to delays? @GOtransit @Metrolinx http://pic.twitter.com/VKJUIGxC7j
— Dames Nellas (@DamesNellas) December 12, 2017
From signal problems to over crowding and even cancelled trains with no shuttle service, it seemed that GO's vehicles—mighty as they may seem—were ill equipped to handle snowy weather.
After 50 years, you were think Go Transit would be able to work around "signal problems". @Metrolinx http://pic.twitter.com/gfAZZaxAYY
— Captain Wilace🇨🇦 (@wil_thomp) December 12, 2017
Regardless of how early one may have left to control for a delay, some people were held up for hours trying to get to work. Some speculated that it's almost as if it's just something that has to happen each year with no way to avoid it.
As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west the first snow of the season leads to cancellations and delays on the #GOtrain. Predictable. #Metrolink
— Stephen Ellis (@badgerbites) December 12, 2017
The proactive approach, it seems, just wasn't in the brochure. And the cold weather and lack of vitamin D probably didn't help, either.
As usual we apologize for the excessive #GOtrain delays this morning. Our winter weather strategy is to pray that it does not snow. When it does snow we apologize for the inconvenience #GOtransit #Metrolinx #WeDontDoWinter http://pic.twitter.com/nTqcgAJiee
— NO Transit (@NOtransit) December 12, 2017
It always takes a little while to adjust to the new weather conditions, so hopefully things resume running smoothly soon.
by Lisa Power via blogTO
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