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Customer-Focused Service Guarantees and Transparency Practices (2018)

Chapter: Appendix E - GO Train Service Guarantee Policy

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E - GO Train Service Guarantee Policy." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Customer-Focused Service Guarantees and Transparency Practices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25078.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E - GO Train Service Guarantee Policy." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Customer-Focused Service Guarantees and Transparency Practices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25078.
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114 We promise to do our best to be on time; however, sometimes delays happen. If your train arrival is delayed by 15 minutes or more, we want to credit what you paid for the trip. Eligibility The GO Train Service Guarantee applies to delays 15 minutes or more within the control of GO Transit and its partners. The Service Guarantee policy does not apply to: • Train delays caused by reasons outside of GO’s control, including extreme weather, emer- gency investigations, pedestrian incidents, track obstructions, Welland Canal boat traffic, and on-board emergencies. • Trips on multiple corridors. • Missed connections. • Bus trips, and • Trips cancelled prior to departure. • Special event flat-fare tickets. To be eligible for credit under the GO Train Service Guarantee, PRESTO card holders must tap on no sooner than 15 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time of the delayed train in question. For customers travelling using a single-ride ticket, that ticket must be purchased within one hour of the scheduled departure time. Requesting a Credit Customers who paid for their trip using a PRESTO card can submit their claim online using the form at gotransit.com/guarantee within seven days. Customers with single-ride tickets or day/group passes may request a credit at GO stations by the end of the following weekday. Credit Value Customers will be credited the fare paid for the eligible delayed trip. PRESTO card holders in their 35+ trip discount periods will receive the reduced fare paid as credit. A p p e n d i x e GO Train Service Guarantee Policy Source: GO Transit (n.d.-b)

GO Train Service Guarantee policy 115 Customers using single ride tickets will receive a credit voucher redeemable for the trip on which a delay was experienced. Day and group pass customers will receive credit vouchers for one half of the pass price for a delayed trip, up to a maximum of two trips. Have questions? Maybe we’ve already answered them on the Service Guarantee page.

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 134: Customer-Focused Service Guarantees and Transparency Practices documents the nature and prevalence of customer-focused practices among transit providers in North America and supplements the discussion by including information from European transit providers.

A growing number of North American public transit agencies have adopted service guarantees or transparency practices as part of a customer-focused service strategy. Service guarantees describe the level of service customers can expect and the procedures they may follow if standards are not met. Transparency practices might include reporting performance metrics as online dashboards or report cards on the agency’s website. Currently, there is little existing research on these practices and experiences among U.S. transit providers.

Update June 29, 2018: Page i of the synthesis omits some of the authors. The correct author list is as follows:

Michael J. Walk

James P. Cardenas

Kristi Miller

Paige Ericson-Graber

Chris Simek

Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Austin, TX

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