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 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.
That first station building burnt down in 1904 and was rebuilt in 1906.[3]
GO Transit rush hour service was launched in 1967 and the new station location opened in 1980, with the old station renamed Burlington West.[1]Via Rail service, which followed to the GO Station in 1988,[3] 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 the purpose of having it restored.[4]
Construction of a new 20,300 square feet (1,890 m2) station building began in September 2012, and was completed in Fall 2017.
1 Plains (board at Fairview Street-outside of station)
2 Brant
6 Headon
10 New–Maple
12 Upper Middle
50 Burlington South (Late Night Service only)
51 Burlington Northeast (Late Night Service only)
52 Burlington Northwest (Late Night Service only)
80 Harvester
81 North Service (peak service only)
87 North Service–Aldershot (peak service only)
101 Plains Express (peak service only)
GO Transit bus routes:
12 Niagara Falls
18 Lakeshore West
Future
According to Metrolinx documentation, the station is the planned end of electrification. [5]
References
^ abAnalytica Associates. "Via Rail Station, Burlington Ontario"(PDF). Railway Station Report. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
^"Hamilton and Northwestern Railway". The Canada Year Book, 1879. Statistics Canada. 31 March 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2015. Connections made at Burlington with G't Western R'y (Toronto Branch)
