Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility (WRMF) Project  

By Anna Guy The GO Transit expansion will bring more train trips to every GO rail corri- dor making it faster and easier for Whitby residents to travel throughout the GTHA and surrounding communi- ties. W ell known as a commuter suburb to the east of the GTA, Go Transit is a major part of life for resi- dents in Whitby, ON—and with a new, $859.2 million investment in Go Tran- sit, its only going to get better. And yes, you read that right: that price tag makes it delivering the largest transit infrastructure program in Canadian history. Construction began in March, 2015 on the Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, 500,000 square feet of maintenance, repair, and additional storage space for GO Trains and support GO Tran- sit's planned service expansions. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metro- linx awarded a contract to Plenary Infrastructure ERMF to design, build, finance and maintain the Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility (WRMF) project. The contract ensures that the facility will be delivered for a fixed price and by a fixed delivery date. But the WRMF is part of a much larger expansion project for Metrolinx, which has designed an ambitious plan to transform the existing GO rail system JANUARY 2019 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA 3