Ontario government reverses UP Express change after complaints

Following complaints from transit riders, the Ford government reversed a change to the Union Pearson (UP) Express train schedule.

The reversal came surprisingly fast, with the government first detailing the planned UP Express change in a release about a larger GO Train service expansion.

The following day, transportation minister Prabmeet Sarkaria announced the government was backtracking the change on the website better known as Twitter.

“I’ve directed Metrolinx to not proceed with these changes,” Sarkaria said.

The schedule change would have seen every second UP Express train become a non-stop between Union Station and Pearson Airport, skipping two stops in between.

Riders who regularly use the Bloor and Weston UP Express stops to get downtown were frustrated by the plan, which would have left them with fewer options.