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St Catharines for the day – Planning
My GO timetables tell me that there are many train/bus trips each weekday:
Toronto |
St Catharines |
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6:13 |
8:15 |
6:55 |
9:27 |
7:43 |
10:19 |
And
St Catharines |
Toronto |
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16:44 |
19:11 |
17:44 |
20:11 |
18:44 |
21:11 |
The first bus (6:13) is a two-hour trip; all other trips are 2½ hours.
The 6:13 out and the 18:44 home gives me about ten hours in St Catherine’s (two hours longer than VIA rail) and will cost me significantly less. VIA Rail is only 1 hour 40 minutes on the train, but the rigidity of one train only makes it impractical.
A hybrid would be to head out by GO train at 6:13 and (exhausted?) get the 18:08 VIA rail home. But in a sense, who cares? I have my Spanish podcasts ...
Also, if the new GO station is open I may be able to hop on to the fabulous Express bus from Hamilton? NO! The Go #12 does not run through Hamilton – it connects with the Lakeshore trains in Burlington. Go Figure!
Fares
Seniors pay $3.00 cash or a 10-ride ticket for $20.00; the downtown terminal is at 70 Carlisle St. between King & St. Paul.
The VIA ticket will cost close to $70 I am sure, but I could make a firm booking, getting the lowest price possible, and if it rains – well I’ll have a bag packed with lunch and goodies and a 10-ride pass.
Routes
There are 31 routes; too many to cover in one day.
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1 Hospital – Port Dalhousie |
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2 |
2 Ontario Lakeshore |
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3 Pelham Rd. |
4 |
4 Oakdale – Pen – Brock |
5 |
5 Haig – Linwell |
6 |
6 Lake St. |
7 |
7 Niagara St. |
8 |
8 Grantham – Lakeshore |
9 |
9 Geneva St. |
10 |
10 Glenridge – Pen Centre |
11 |
11 Hartzel Rd. |
12 |
12 Vine St. |
13 |
14 Scott St. |
14 |
15 West St. Catharines |
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16 Brock – Glenridge |
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17 Bunting – Linwell |
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18 Secord Woods |
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20 Thorold – Pen Centre |
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21 Confederation – Brock (Service starts September 1 2015) |
20 |
22 Thorold South |
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23 West – Brock – Commuter |
22 |
25 Brock Bullet |
23 |
28 Brock -Towpath – Shuttle |
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29 Brock – Keefer – Shuttle |
25 |
30 Brock – Sullivan – Shuttle |
26 |
31 Brock – Winterberry – Shuttle |
27 |
122 Brock – Pen Centre – Shuttle ( September 1 2015 – Monday to Friday) |
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124 Glendale – Brock – Shuttle |
29 |
128 Brock – Towpath – Rockwood – Shuttle (Evening Service Only) |
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Niagara College |
31 |
Brock University |
Monday, November 02, 2015
Tomorrow the weather looks like 19° and 5% POP.
On top of that Fire Alarm testing is scheduled in my building 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Both good incentives to head off with a packed lunch.
I shall sling an electric jug out of the train at Clarkson for my friend (who lacks an electric jug).
I have $32.70 on my Presto Card. According to the GO Transit fare calculator page the return trip should cost $16.25.
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