Rail lockout results in no GO trai service on Milton line [Video]

There will be no GO train service on the Milton line and at Hamilton GO station on Thursday after employees at two of Canada’s major railways were locked out.

Metrolinx made the announcement Wednesday night hours before the 12:01 a.m. deadline, saying that it wanted to provide certainty to its customers.

UP Express and all other GO lines will be unaffected, the Crown agency added.

More than 9,000 workers at Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) were formally locked out just after midnight Thursday after no new agreement was reached.

CN Rail said in a statement that the union, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), did not respond to its most recent offer, while CPKC accused Teamsters of making unrealistic demands, and a negotiated outcome was not within reach.

Teamsters claimed that it made multiple offers, but the companies did not take them seriously, saying CN …