{"id":802800,"date":"2026-07-15T04:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802800\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:43:10","slug":"heat-wave-leads-to-significant-delays-on-go-transit-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802800\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave leads to significant delays on GO Transit network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Significant delays and even some cancellations left GO Transit riders waiting to get home Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from Union Station in Toronto show crowds of people standing shoulder-to-shoulder watching information screens, waiting to see when their train leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Metrolinx says the heat wave means trains have to run slower and that service has been modified due to track conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delays up to an hour were reported on some of the lines, while some trains were canceled altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Scorching temperatures reached 36 C on Tuesday and Environment Canada says the <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/14\/heat-and-air-quality-warnings-in-effect-for-toronto-and-southern-ontario\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">prolonged heat<\/a> will last until Thursday or Friday for areas near Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the brutal heat, Southern Ontario is also under a yellow-level warning for poor air quality that will last all night and through Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Significant delays and even some cancellations left GO Transit riders waiting to get home Tuesday evening. Photos from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-802800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}