recognized to be a permanent service". In May 1965, the government of Ontario granted permission to proceed with the launch of Canada's first specially designed commuter rail service, at a cost of ($ in dollars).

Creation, growth and recession

Government of Ontario Transit (later shortened to "GO Transit") started as a three-year long experiment on May 23, 1967, running single-deck trains powered by diesel locomotives in push-pull configuration on a single rail line along Lake Ontario's

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