The Province of Ontario and Metrolinx have announced the addition of another GO Train on the Milton Line.

Effective January 5, 2015, GO Transit is adding one train in the morning and afternoon that will stop at all stations along the line. The new train will leave the Milton station at 8:30 a.m. and arrive at Union Station by 9:30 a.m. The new evening trip will depart from Union at 3:40 p.m. and arrive in Milton by 4:38 p.m.

“This means that people living along the Milton line will get to where they need to go sooner, allowing them to spend time with the people that matter most,” said Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca, who made the announcement at the GO station in Milton on Tuesday morning.

Del Duca was joined by Halton MPP Indira Naidoo-Harris, Mayor Gord Krantz, President of GO Transit Greg Percy, the Town’s CAO Bill Mann and councillors Colin Best and Robert Duvall.

The additional trips are expected to accommodate an additional 1,500 to 2,000 passengers per trip and reduce the crowding that’s currently on the Milton line.

“I like to call them (the trains) little villages on wheels,” said Percy.

The additional train will bring the total number of trains that leave the Milton GO Station every weekday morning to nine. It will make stops at Lisgar, Meadowvale, Streetsville, Erindale, Cooksville, Dixie, Kipling and Union.

“Our plan is focused and our government is committed to making sure that the daily commute for Ontarians gets better every single day,” said Del Duca.

According to Percy, the cost of the train is $40 million, and the annual operating cost is $1 million.

Since 2003, the Province has committed more than $278 million to improve transit in Halton, including $5.1 million in Milton. In the next 10 years, the government plans to invest more than $29 billion in transit and transportation infrastructure across the province.