Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003

Hamilton, ON - The Hamilton 2003 Road World Cycling Championships, in partnership with GO Transit, is pleased to announce the addition of Special World Cycling GO Train service on Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12 from Union Station in Toronto to the Hamilton GO Centre. The Special World Cycling GO Trains will help cycling fans from Toronto to Burlington get to and from the Road World Championships.

The Hamilton GO Centre is located on 36 Hunter Street East, just steps away from the race course on James Street and less than three blocks away from the Start / Finish Line in front of City Hall. Fans are also reminded that there is regular GO Bus service between Toronto Union Station and the Hamilton GO Centre during the week and on the weekends. Also of note is that passengers may bring their bicycles on the GO Train, but not on the GO Bus. For more information on GO Transit schedules and service visit, www.gotransit.com.

"GO is excited about running extra trains on the weekend to help people get to and from and World Cycling Championships in Hamilton," said GO Transit Chairman, Dr. Gordon Chong. "Our extra service to Hamilton for the bike race is another example of GO helping people get around the GTA without facing the inconvenience and annoyance of bumper to bumper traffic on the highways."

Schedule for Special World Cycling GO Train westbound from Union Station to Hamilton on October 11 and October 12

Union Station (departs)	7:43 a.m.	10:23 a.m.
Exhibition	7:49 a.m.	10:29 a.m.
Mimico	7:56 a.m.	10:36 a.m.
Long Branch	8:01 a.m.	10:41 a.m.
Port Credit	8:06 a.m.	10:46 a.m.
Clarkson	8:12 a.m.	10:52 a.m.
Oakville	8:20 a.m.	11:00 a.m.
Burlington	8:35 a.m.	11:15 a.m.
Hamilton (arrives)	8:55 a.m.	11:35 a.m.

Schedule for Special World Cycling GO Train eastbound from Hamilton to Union Station on October 11 and 12

Hamilton (departs)	4:45 p.m.
Burlington	5:05 p.m.
Oakville	5:20 p.m.
Clarkson	5:28 p.m.
Port Credit	5:34 p.m.
Long Branch	5:39 p.m.
Mimico	5:44 p.m.
Exhibition	5:50 p.m.
Union Station (arrival)	5:57 p.m.

The Road World Cycling Championships will be staged in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from October 6 to 12, 2003. Hamilton, a city of 500,000, is located on the western edge of Lake Ontario, roughly midway between Niagara Falls and Toronto, and approximately a one-hour drive from Buffalo, New York. Over 800 athletes from over 50 different countries will compete in ten different races. There are two disciplines - the individual time trial and the road race with five different classifications, elite men and women, junior men and women, as well as Under 23 men. It will be only the sixth time the Road World Championships have been held outside Europe and the second time in Canada, the first occasion was 1974 in Montreal. For more information, visit the official website, www.hamilton2003.com.