Two entire transit lines serving Toronto will shut down for all of this weekend

GO and UP Express closures this weekend will see two key transit lines shut down, and combined with a major TTC outage, you'll want to plan ahead to avoid the disruption.

Metrolinx plans to shutter service on its UP Express and Barrie GO lines for the entire weekend of Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15.

Here's what you need to know about the planned closures:

GO Barrie Line

Construction planned along the Barrie Line will see the entire route closed for the full weekend. No trains will run, and commuters will instead have to take GO buses connecting Allandale Waterfront and Rutherford GO with the Hwy 407 Bus Terminal on the TTC's Line 1. 

Passengers will then need to take the TTC's Line 1 to complete their trips in and out of Toronto.

UP Express

Metrolinx's express route linking Union Station and Pearson Airport's Terminal 1 will be downgraded to bus service this weekend. 

Replacement GO buses will run direct between Union Station Bus Terminal and Pearson Airport Terminal 1, and will not serve stops at Bloor, Mount Dennis or Weston stations.

Compounding the two commuter rail closures, a planned TTC outage will also cut off roughly five kilometres of subway spanning the easternmost stations on Line 2 — including Kennedy Station with its connection to the GO Stouffville Line — from the rest of the rapid transit network.