Video captured by a passenger appears to show a missing window on a GO Train while it was in motion. <\/p>\n
A Toronto resident says he was shocked to find a window missing from a moving GO train as he made his way to Union Station over the weekend. <\/p>\n
It happened on the Stouffville line at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Kyle Macdonald said that he was in Markham to visit his mother and had boarded a southbound train to return downtown. <\/p>\n
Macdonald said as he was finding a seat on the train he walked past a large pane of glass placed on a row of two seats but initially didn\u2019t think much of it.<\/p>\n
However, about 20 minutes into the trip he decided to investigate the loud noise he\u2019d been hearing coming from that area.<\/p>\n
To his surprise, Macdonald saw a gaping hole where one of the train\u2019s windows should have been.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could not believe my eyes that the glass was the actual window and the noise was the wind blowing in the train. It was as if someone was working on the window and just left it unfinished,\u201d he told CP24 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a nice spring night, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s how they wanted to ventilate the train.\u201d <\/p>\n
Baffled to see other train riders \u201cjust walking by and sitting as if it was nothing,\u201d Macdonald took a seat nearby and grabbed his phone, filming a short video that he posted on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the now-viral clip, he shows the pane of glass on the seats before panning over to the window area and back. <\/p>\n \u201cJust wondering how this is safe?\u201d he then chimes in, filming himself with a concerned expression.<\/p>\n Macdonald said he made it to Union Station unscathed, and heard an announcement that the GO train was out of service as it pulled into the station. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just happy everyone got home safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Incident is an \u2018act of vandalism\u2019: Metrolinx<\/p>\n In a statement, Metrolinx said it is looking into an \u201cact of vandalism\u201d on one of its trains on the Stouffville line that occurred on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n The provincial transportation agency said a customer alerted staff at Union Station to the issue and the problem was \u201caddressed immediately after.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur GO trains are equipped with safety features to protect our customers in the event of an emergency and misusing them is a serious offense,\u201d Metrolinx said.<\/p>\n The agency says its customers can report immediate safety or security concerns by pressing the yellow emergency strip on vehicles or by texting \u201cHELP\u201d to 77777.<\/p>\n