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32-494: It is a stop on the Lakeshore West line train service, and was, for a time, the western terminus of the rail services. Most peak-hour and off-peak trains now terminate service at Aldershot or West Harbour , and a few trains link Hamilton GO further to the west. There are extensive parking facilities on both the north and south of the station. A large multi-level parking structure opened in 2008, significantly expanding

64-534: A bottleneck and allowed the introduction of all-day hourly passenger rail service to the station. As part of the Province's GO Expansion program, the Lakeshore West corridor will be electrified between Union Station and Burlington allowing the operation of electric trains at frequencies of 15 minutes or better all day. Electrification beyond Burlington toward Hamilton is not planned and was excluded from

96-645: A connection known as Burlington Junction . Coords: 43°20′11″N 79°48′59″W  /  43.33639°N 79.81639°W  / 43.33639; -79.81639 The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) purchased the Great Western Railway in 1882 and the Hamilton & Northwestern Railway/ Northern Railway in 1888, and in turn was absorbed into the Canadian National Railway in 1923 That first station building burnt down in 1904 and

128-692: A different set of inspection criteria and standards in order to legally enter the United States which would make a stop at the station difficult. In June 2020, Metrolinx released a business case for a proposed station near Humber Bay , named Park Lawn GO Station. The station will be integrated unit a residential development being constructed at the same time. Metrolinx is currently planning to expand rail service between Hamilton and Niagara Falls. The project includes three new stations, two upgraded stations, and more than 25 kilometres of new track. Originally planned for completion in 2023, Metrolinx halted

160-405: A proper station with additional capacity, and by the 1968 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair , the current Exhibition GO Station was built and put in service. Lorne Park Station closed within the first year of the line's operation after seeing little usage. Appleby GO Station opened on September 19, 1988, followed by Aldershot GO Station on May 25, 1992. The opening of Aldershot coincided with

192-699: A proposed Beamsville GO Station within the Town of Lincoln . It would be located on the west side of Ontario Street in Beamsville along the rail line. Metrolinx expects the proposed station would increase GO Transit ridership by 48,000 trips annually by 2041 including 7,000 to 8,000 tourists annually. The proposed station could possibly include customer parking, a pick-up and drop-off area, bicycle parking, and an area for local and regional public transit buses. In order to facilitate service expansions, GO Transit's parent agency Metrolinx has gradually acquired portions of

224-621: A second segment immediately to the west, extending its ownership to a point just west of Fourth Line in Oakville. On March 22, 2013, Metrolinx purchased a third segment extending its ownership westward to a point just west of Burlington station, where the CN Halton Subdivision joins the line. In addition to the Union Station Rail Corridor, these three segments represent Metrolinx's current ownership of

256-506: Is a regional rail station in the North End neighbourhood of Hamilton , Ontario , Canada. The station has been served by GO Transit 's Lakeshore West line since July 9, 2015. There is hourly service between West Harbour and Toronto's Union Station , seven days a week. Via Rail service may eventually be provided. The neighbouring Hamilton Canadian National Railway Station, on the east side of James Street North at Murray Street,

288-498: Is also served by Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus routes 4 Waterfront and 20 A-Line Express on James Street North. Rail tracks past Burlington GO Station are owned by CN Rail. This has added a greater degree of uncertainty to passenger rail expansion as all service changes need approval by CN who operate freight rail along the same corridor. Infrastructure upgrades completed in 2020 at the Hamilton Junction have relieved

320-759: The GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area , Ontario , Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Hamilton , along the shore of Lake Ontario . Some train trips extend past Hamilton to St. Catharines and Niagara Falls . [REDACTED] The Lakeshore West line is the oldest of GO's services, opening as part of the then-unified Lakeshore line on GO Transit's first day of operations on May 23, 1967. The first train, numbered 946 left at 5:50 am from Oakville bound for Toronto, ten minutes before service began out of Pickering . During

352-534: The Lakeshore East line to Oshawa . Five GO bus routes are considered to be part of the Lakeshore West corridor: As part of the 2008 Metrolinx regional transportation plan entitled The Big Move , the agency identified an express all-day service between Hamilton and Oshawa (via Toronto Union) as one of its top 15 priorities. This project, formally dubbed GO Expansion is expected to reduce some trip times by 20%. GO Expansion will involve electrifying

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384-679: The former CN railway station at James Street . GO trains started serving the Canadian National Exhibition in August 1967 from an older platform just west of the Dufferin Street bridge over the Lakeshore West line and the Queen Elizabeth Way . For the 1968 Exhibition season, temporary booths were set up to handle passengers, which topped 24,000 on the season's busiest day. This prompted the need for

416-518: The GO Expansion environmental assessment completed in 2017. Instead, diesel trains will continue to serve West Harbour at a peak period frequency of 30 minutes and the current 60 minute frequency off peak and weekends between Confederation GO Station and Union Station. West Harbour GO Station has two stub-ended tracks with platforms on the south side the mainline. Trains traveling between Toronto and Niagara Falls must reverse either in or out of

448-540: The Lakeshore West corridor from the freight railway companies Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). Most of the Lakeshore West line operates along the Oakville subdivision, which was entirely owned by CN prior to 1998. On March 31, 2010, GO acquired its first segment of the Oakville subdivision, between Union Station and 30th Street in Etobicoke (just west of GO's Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility ). On March 27, 2012, GO purchased

480-417: The Lakeshore West line up to Burlington GO Station, and introduce electrified rail services that will operate up to every 3.5 minutes during peak hour, as well as expanding off-peak service beyond Aldershot GO Station into Hamilton and beyond to Niagara Falls. GO Expansion also involves upgrading multiple stations to include enhanced passenger accommodations, as well as raising the platforms at all GO Stations on

512-581: The delivery process for the stations in the Niagara extension in November 2018 when the newly-elected 42nd Parliament of Ontario rescinded its funding for their construction. In order to be constructed, the stations would instead be dependent on private financing. In 2015, Confederation GO Station (in East Hamilton, near Stoney Creek ) was announced with a completion date of 2019. As of 2022 ,

544-500: The extension of all day and weekend service from Oakville to Burlington, however, this was reversed due to budget cuts on July 3, 1993. On April 29, 1996, James Street station was replaced by the Hamilton GO Centre . All day service to Burlington was restored on May 1, 2000, and extended to Aldershot on September 7, 2007. On June 29, 2013, all day service was increased to operate trains every 30 minutes. A third track

576-608: The line to be the same height as the coaches, removing the need to step up into the coach and making all sections of the trains accessible. In early 2019, Niagara Falls, New York officials expressed interest in having GO Transit expand rail service over the border to the Niagara Falls station in New York . Metrolinx stated that there are specific restrictions when a train leaves Ontario, or any province in Canada, that require

608-728: The line. CN continues to own the tracks between Burlington and the Desjardins Canal , as well as the Grimsby subdivision that carries trains into Niagara Region. CPKC owns the tracks between the Desjardins Canal and Hamilton GO Centre. Most off-peak local trains, as well as some peak trains, continue as part of the Lakeshore East line after stopping at Union Station, with no train change required. West Harbour GO Station#History West Harbour GO Station

640-464: The parking capacity of the station. During weekdays, Burlington Transit serves the south side of the station, connected by wheelchair accessible tunnels under the tracks. The original Great Western Railway station was built in 1855, just west of Brant Street, about half a mile west of the current GO Station. With the building of the Hamilton & Northwestern Railway in 1877, this location became

672-525: The purpose of having it restored. Construction of a new 20,300 square feet (1,890 m) station building began in September 2012, and was completed in Fall 2017. Burlington Transit routes: GO Transit bus routes: According to Metrolinx documentation, the station is the planned end of electrification. Lakeshore West line Lakeshore West is one of the seven train lines of

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704-612: The rail station is under construction and is planned to open in 2025. In June 2016, Ontario Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca announced that regular service would be extended to Grimsby , with the Grimsby GO Station expected to open in 2021. In 2023, enhanced service was then-expected to begin to the St. Catharines and Niagara Falls Via Rail stations which will be upgraded to support increased GO service. In March 2022, Metrolinx released an initial business case for

736-487: The station, and in 2000 the station was reopened as LIUNA Station , an events centre with catering facilities for weddings, dances, and other special events. Plans for a new station on the CN line through Hamilton were announced on May 31, 2013, by Ontario's Minister of Transportation . Construction was estimated to cost $ 3 million and phase one was completed in time for the 2015 Pan American Games . Construction of phase two

768-501: The three-year experiment, all day GO Train service ran hourly from Oakville to Pickering with limited rush hour train service to Hamilton. The experiment proved to be extremely popular; GO Transit carried its first million riders during its first four months, and averaged 15,000 per day soon after. Service began running west from Union, stopping at Mimico , Long Branch , Port Credit , Lorne Park , Clarkson , and Oakville . Rush-hour trains ran to Bronte , Burlington and Hamilton, at

800-728: The western terminus for all-day local services on the Lakeshore West line, when one train per hour was extended westward to West Harbour. On weekdays and weekends, Lakeshore West local trains operate hourly from West Harbour to Oshawa GO Station via Union Station . On weekdays during peak periods, West Harbour is also served by one daily express train operating between Niagara Falls and Toronto and two daily express trains operating between West Harbour and Toronto. The off-peak GO train service between Niagara Falls and Toronto passes by West Harbour station without stopping. GO bus route 18K connects with select train arrivals, with service to Brock University via St. Catharines station . The station

832-510: Was added between Sixteen Mile creek and the Port Credit station. Combined with additional work undertaken since the early 1990s, this gives the Lakeshore West line at least three tracks from Union Station through to Bayview Junction . In 2009 as a pilot project, GO began operating express trains to Via Rail stations in St. Catharines and Niagara Falls on weekends and holidays during Niagara Region 's busy summer tourist season. The service

864-711: Was built between 1929 and 1931. The property is a National Historic Site and has been designated under the Federal Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act and under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by City of Hamilton By-law 95-115. Portions of the building were protected by the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1999. In 1967, GO Transit took over CN's commuter service between Toronto and Hamilton, and in 1978 all other CN passenger service

896-975: Was extended to this station. On January 7, 2019, one weekday round-trip was extended beyond West Harbour station to Niagara Falls. On April 28, 2024 as part of a larger increase in GO Train service, Metrolinx introduced 15-minute weekend service from Oakville GO and Union Station. On weekdays, local service operates every 30 minutes east of Aldershot and every 60 minutes at West Harbour. In addition, eleven daily express trains operate during peak and off-peak periods, of which four operate between Toronto and Hamilton GO Centre , two to West Harbour , two to Aldershot, and three to Niagara Falls . On weekends, local service operates every 30 minutes between Union and Aldershot, and every 60 minutes between Aldershot and West Harbour. Three express trains per day operate between Toronto and Niagara Falls . All off-peak local trains, as well as some peak trains, are through-routed with

928-544: Was proposed to begin in August 2015 after the games are over. Metrolinx announced on February 28, 2014, that Kenaidan Contracting of Mississauga had been awarded a $ 44-million contract to build the station. The station opened on July 9, 2015, and was initially served by two round trips per weekday, as well as special services related to the 2015 Pan-Am Games. In 2019, regular service was doubled to four round trips per day, of which one trip operated through to and from Niagara Falls. On August 7, 2021, West Harbour station became

960-512: Was provided again during the 2010 season, and was officially made permanently recurring starting in 2011. In 2019, the weekend express service began operating year-round, and on May 23, 2023, year-round weekday service to Niagara Falls was enhanced, with two additional round trips per day to Niagara Falls . West Harbour GO Station opened in July 2015, serving as a second Hamilton terminus for rush-hour train service. In August 2021, all-day service

992-531: Was rebuilt in 1906. GO Transit rush hour service was launched in 1967 and the new station location opened in 1980, with the old station renamed Burlington West . Via Rail service, which followed to the GO Station in 1988, was discontinued in 1990. All day GO Transit service commenced in 1992. The City of Burlington acquired the 1906 historic station building in 2005. Renamed Freeman Station it had to be moved off site to allow for track improvements and with

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1024-686: Was transferred to Via Rail. In 1992 Via Rail closed its Burlington (formerly the GTR/CNR Freeman/Burlington Junction Station, built around 1910 and located near Brant Street), Hamilton and Dundas stations and consolidated service at the new Aldershot GO Station . GO Transit closed the James Street station in 1993 and moved remaining service to the Hamilton GO Centre , one and a half kilometres directly south on James Street. The Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) bought and renovated

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