Since early in 2020, most of us have had to make changes to our workspace.

The same is true for crew members who work in the accessibility coaches of GO Transit trains.

Passengers know them best as Customer Service Ambassadors (CSAs), and many long-time riders have built-up relationships with their familiar faces – now partially covered with mandatory masks. CSAs have always been popular figures, with many gaining loyal followings, thanks to corny morning jokes or a telltale sing-song delivery of needed instructions to customers.

As GO Transit welcomes back a growing number of customers – as many have been away from the service for over a year and a half – GO Transit has created new crew operating areas for the CSAs. It’s just one of more than 40 safety actions implemented during the pandemic. They are designated spaces to help them do their job while ensuring they can maintain a safe work environment.

It’s essentially room for them to move around, created with additions to current partitions, as well as visual cues to customers to give them the distance they need.

Customers won’t really notice any change, other than some helpful reminders being added to those areas to give CSAs room to do important work.

How will you know the area?

‘Crew operating area’ decals are on the outside of every accessibility coach at the door where the CSA is stationed, and also inside on the partition which separates the crew operating area from the customer seating area. Plexiglass panels are also being installed on the top of these partitions. New yellow and black strips are being installed on the floor to mark the designated area.

While the space where CSAs do their job may have changed, customers can still start and end their journeys as they always have – with a few nice words exchanged with the CSAs, who will remain close by and available to provide assistance.