Rollsigns from GO Transit, ON
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This set of mylar rollsigns was designed for a 1981 MCI
MC-9 highway coach. The destination sign (left) is dated
November 2, 1981 and has 80 exposures. The "via" sign
(right) is dated November 3, 1981 and has 45 exposures.
These signs were likely the original signs for the MC9's
and were used until the introduction of the yellow-print
signs in 1998. These older signs included other carrier's
destinations, such as Niagara Falls and St. Catharines,
Stratford, Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, Owen
Sound and Shelburne, and Parry Sound, Huntsville,
Gravenhurst and Orillia. and "via's" such as Beach Blvd
and Skyway. Their respective sign tags are shown below.
This set of mylar rollsigns were designed for their 1977 GMC T8H-5307A
New Looks. Similar to the previous set, these included other carrier's
destinations. The destination sign (left) is July 3, 1982 and has 83
exposures (three extra "Out of Service" exposures were added from the
previous sign). The "via" sign is dated November 4, 1982 and has 45
exposures. The "via" sign (right) was manufactured by Multilite.
The "A", "B", "C" and "D" represented various levels of service on the
Yonge Street corridor. Their respective sign tags are shown below.
This set of mylar rollsigns were designed for their
MCI highway coaches, but were installed in their
1985/1987 OBI 01.508 Orion I's. The GO Transit
Orion I's had smaller width sign boxes than what
would normally be in an Orion I. The destination sign
is dated December 1, 1984 and has 62 exposures.
The "via" sign is dated December 2, 1984 and has
35 exposures. Both signs were manufactured by
Transit Products International of Scarborough,
Ontario. Although the Orion I's had signs with all the
destinations in the system, they were primarily
limited to local service on the Yonge Street corridor.
This mylar "via" sign was made for
a GMC New Look. Its print date is
December 4, 1984 and it has 35
exposures. It was designed by
Transit Products International of
Scarborough, Ontario.
Its sign tag is shown below.
GO Transit #1105, one of the GMC T8H-5307A model buses displaying
the set of signs shown above, is posed at York Region Terminal in north
Toronto in July of 1994. In 1998, these signs were replaced with the
black with yellow print style shown on page 2 of the GO Transit section.
This mylar route sign was from GMC T8H-5307A
#1106. Its print date is December 3, 1984 and it
has 53 exposures. It was designed by Transit
Products International of Scarborough, Ontario.
Its sign tag and more information is shown below.
GO  3 DECEMBER 1984

SUPPLIED BY
TRANSIT PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
SCAROROUGH, ONTARIO
The inserted mid-section (above, right: GO
TRAIN", "SUBWAY", "SHORT TURN")
replaced the section with "RICHMOND
HEIGHTS", "HILLCREST MALL", "ROYAL
ORCHARD", "FINCH SUBWAY",
"YORKDALE SUBWAY", "OUT OF
SERVICE", "UXBRIDGE", "STOUFFVILLE",
"MARKHAM", "SCARBOROUGH", "PORT
PERRY", AND "NEWCASTLE". Commonly
used on the Yonge Street / Bayview
Avenue corridor, instead of "Finch Subway"
for the southern destination, GMC bus
#1106 was commonly seen showing the
more generic "Toronto" exposure.




Seen below: GO Transit GMC T8H-5307A
#1106 at GO Transit's Steeprock Garage in
Toronto, Ontario on May 24, 1998.
MCI-GO TRANSIT
P.O.P11129
11/2/81 TRANSIGN
MCI-GO TRANSIT
P.O.NO.P11129
DRIVERS SIDE
11/3/81
TRANSIGN
GO  4 DECEMBER 1984

SUPPLIED BY
TRANSIT PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
SCAROROUGH, ONTARIO
Destination Sign's Tag:
GO  1 DECEMBER 1984

SUPPLIED BY
TRANSIT PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
SCAROROUGH, ONTARIO
Route "VIA" Sign's Tag:
GO  2 DECEMBER 1984

SUPPLIED BY
TRANSIT PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
SCAROROUGH, ONTARIO
to go to the GO Transit
electronic sign list page.
This set of mylar rollsigns was designed for one of
GO Transit's 1986 MCI 102A2 highway coaches.
The destination sign (left) is dated December 1,
1986 and has 62 exposures. The "via" sign (right)
is dated December 2, 1986 and has 35 exposures.

When GO Transit purchased their next batch of
MCI 102A2's in 1987, they purchased duplicate
mylar signs for those buses. The readings were
identical to what's on the ones below. The
destination sign was dated December 1, 1987
and the "via" sign was dated December 2, 1987.

Their respective sign tags are shown, below.
GO 1 DECEMBER 1987
MULTILITE PRODUCTS, TORONTO
MADE IN CANADA
GO 2 DECEMBER 1987
Government of Ontario Transit, or "GO Transit" as it is commonly known, began with
commuter rail service on May 23, 1967. Bus service began on September 8, 1970. Some
shared service contractors have included Gray Coach Lines, Charterways Transportation Ltd.
and Travelways. Service was governed by the Toronto Area Transportation Operating Authority
until 1999, when responsibility was transferred to the Greater Toronto Services Board.

Similar to Gray Coach Lines, GO Transit's rollsign display are a two-piece configuration.
The curb-side sign (left) indicates the final destination of the bus. The street-side sign
(right) shows the route taken to the destination.