The cost of extending service proved so prohibitive that, in the late 1970s, the government of Ontario considered bypassing the railroads altogether and building their own automated, high speed service. In addition to increasing frequencies, Metrolinx has taken steps to protect and expand service on the Lakeshore GO line by purchasing tracks. [5], Service to Hamilton was re-routed from the James Street station to downtown, at the current Hamilton GO Centre on April 29, 1996. At other times, buses connect Hamilton GO Centre to Aldershot and to Union Station. Since 2012, Metrolinx has been building this facility as a complement to its Willowbrook Maintenance Centre near Mimico station. It would be more costly, however, and plans were put on hold when the Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne was defeated by the Conservative government of Doug Ford in May 2018. A westbound Lakeshore GO train waits to pick up passengers from platform 7 of Union Station during the late afternoon rush hour of July 17, 2014. Thanksgiving Day 2020 trips start at 5:25am with the last trip at 1:10am and most often run about every 4 hours. Photo by James Bow. These tracks belong to CP's Canpa Sub, also known as "The Cutoff". Further improvements to better connect the station with Liberty Village will include a proper station entrance at Atlantic Avenue. Weekday travel to Aldershot GO, Hamilton GO Centre, Burlington GO, West Harbour GO starts at Union Station. Tweet. GO's seasonal Niagara Falls trains continue to use Canadian National's tracks, following the VIA Rail route with stops in St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. Exhibition GO station saw a permanent ticket booth built, and its pedestrian overpass replaced by a wheelchair accessible tunnel. A GO APU unit #902 leads a consist of single level coaches across a bridge near Bayview Junction in western Burlington in this shot taken on July 12, 1979 by D. Tillingworth. An eastbound Lakeshore GO train led by MP40PH-3C locomotive 605 passes the wheelchair access ramp at Appleby station on November 6, 2013. Lakeshore West customers won’t be impacted, but if they plan on heading east past Union Station to any of the Durham Region stations, they too will have to take the Route 90B bus from Union Station Bus Terminal. Weekday trips most often run about every 1 hour. Photo by Daniel Garcia. Please contact us for more information. Storage tracks were removed to allow for the construction of platforms, and a pedestrian overpass was built to cross the four tracks between the north and south platforms. This, too, used to be part of a bigger yard, but it now stores cars for the local industries and extra cars that are headed for the Oakville Ford Plant. The Lakeshore West line stretches 64.2 kilometres from Union station to Hamilton, while the Lakeshore East line stretches 50.1 kilometres from Union Station to Oshawa. Photo by James Bow. A Union-bound GO train, led by locomotive #608, prepares to pass beneath the Sunnyside pedestrian bridge on August 23, 2020. Remembrance Day 2020 trips start at 5:10am with the last trip at 12:45am and most often run every 30 minutes. Today, the Lakeshore West line delivers two-way, all-day service seven days a week, from Toronto to Aldershot. The station itself sees a lot of activity, including VIA trains to London and Niagara Falls, which make stops here. This 2000 photo was taken by by Daniel Garcia. GO cab car #378 brings up the rear of a Union-bound GO train after passing beneath the pedestrian bridge at Sunnyside. Since June 29, 2013, the core service has operated at intervals of every thirty minutes or better, seven days a week. A map of the stations in operation on the Oakville sub, on the eve of GO Transit service. For the 1968 Exhibition season, GO Transit set up a temporary booth to handle the crowds, which topped 24,000 on the season's busiest day. Learn more about GO Transit’s COVID-19 safety measures. [24], In order to facilitate service expansions, GO Transit's parent agency Metrolinx has gradually acquired portions of the Lakeshore West corridor from the freight railway companies Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). Photo by James Bow. The line is elevated west ofDanforth Station, and the backs of buildings and parking lots are the typical trackside scenery. Most off-peak 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.
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