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Page 22 THE HERALD Wednesday March 22 1989 GO to the SkyDome GO Transit proposes running special trains for SkyDome when it opens in June including service never provided before Besides beefing up its Lakeshore line service to Union Station which is a short walk from the dome stadium GO plans to operate for the first time special trains on its Milton and Richmond Hill lines for major concerts and events in eluding Blue Jay and Argo games With limited parking in downtown Toronto GO Trains and the TTC subway are expected to carry large crowds to the stadium which is scheduled to open on Saturday June 3 GO s SkyDome service plan would give GO riders four options The GO Train which runs hourly to Union Station seven days a week all day and evening Tencar trains will operate for ma jor events and as many GO Buses as possible will be deployed in the existing service that connects the at the Whitby and Oakville enc In with the Oshawa area and mil tonBurling ton respectively An extra homebound train in each direction will run after the event as GO has already been doing for years for baseball and football games at the Exhibi Special SkyDome tram on the Milton line and Special SkyDome train on the Richmond Hill line These services would be a first both lines usually run only during weekday rush hours for commuters and would each provide one round trip train for select major events on week day evenings and on weekends there would be no special trains for weekday afternoon events Ar rangements to provide these specials have been finalized with CN Rail which operates the Rich mond Hill line for GO but have yet to be confirmed by CP Rail for the Milton service The Milton GO Train connects Milton Mississauga and Etobicoke with downtown Toronto and the Rich Hill line serves Richmond Hill and North York GO Bus to the TTC subway at Finch and York MtUs The north route from Rich mond Hill to Finch subway will likely prove very popular and will run extra buses as necessary GO Transit expects to provide the special trains and increased service levels for 83 major events at SkyDome this year and 110 in The special trains times for specific events will be publicized later HOME OF ACTON PRECAST CONCRETE LTD SEPTIC TANK PUMPING MFRS TANKS WEIL TIES TRANSFORMER VAULTS AMI PADS STEPS TOUCHES