Some E-Bikes to Be Banned From GO Trains Due to Fire Hazard

A man walks along an empty platform as a train strands idle at Toronto's Union Station after GO Transit and UP Express announced that trains are not running on the entire network due to a network-wide system failure on Oct. 3, 2023. Chris Young/The Canadian Press

Metrolinx plans to ban non-certified e-bike batteries in the coming months to lessen the potential for fire hazards on its GO trains.

The transit system will carry out electric bicycle inspections across the train network to ensure compliance, according to Global News. Metrolinx, a provincial agency, operates GO trains throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe area in southern Ontario.