Oakville GO Station

Oakville
General information
Location214 Cross Avenue
Oakville, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°27′18″N 79°40′57″W / 43.45500°N 79.68250°W / 43.45500; -79.68250
Platforms1 side, 2 island platform
Tracks4
Connections GO Bus
Oakville Transit
Construction
Structure typeStaffed station
Parking2,724 spaces + 2 electric vehicle parking/charging stations
Bicycle facilitiesRack
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code
Fare zone13
History
Opened23 May 1967
Rebuilt2012
Passengers
201013,100 (GO Train)[1]
Ranked 2nd of 62
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Aldershot
toward Windsor
 Windsor–Toronto Toronto
Terminus
Aldershot
toward New York
 Maple Leaf
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Bronte
towards West Harbour
 Lakeshore West Clarkson
towards Union Station
Bronte
towards Hamilton or Niagara Falls
 Lakeshore West
(peak express)
Burlington
towards Niagara Falls
 Lakeshore West
(off-peak express)
 Port Credit
towards Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Burlington
1989–1993
toward New York
 Maple Leaf
 Toronto
Terminus
Burlington West
1981–1989
toward New York
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Burlington West
toward Chicago
 International
1982–1990
 Toronto
Terminus
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Hamilton
toward Sarnia
 Grand Trunk Railway
Main Line 		Sunnyside
toward Montreal
Bronte
toward Suspension Bridge
 Niagara Falls – Toronto
Local stops 		Clarkson
toward Toronto

Oakville GO Station is a GO Transit railway station and bus station in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. It is colocated and shares platforms with Via Rail's Oakville railway station.

It is a stop on GO's Lakeshore West line train service and, until October 2007, served as the western terminus for weekend service. On weekdays, one branch of the Highway 407 GO bus service, that connects with Sheridan College, Square One Bus Terminal, Bramalea GO Station, and Highway 407 Bus Terminal terminates at this station. Apart from Union Station, Oakville is the busiest station in GO Transit's network by passenger volume.[1]

It is served by Via Corridor intercity routes between Windsor and Toronto, and the joint Amtrak–Via Maple Leaf service between New York City and Toronto.

New Via Rail station building
Station platform

History

Oakville station, circa 1920

The Grand Trunk Railway was important to the development of Oakville because it was the major transportation link for goods and people to Toronto or Hamilton, and beyond.[2] The original Great Western Railway station was built here in 1856,[3] on the same site as the current VIA and GO Stations.[2] The Great Western Railway was purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway, which was absorbed into the Canadian National Railway in 1920.

Between 2009 and 2012, improvements on the Lakeshore West line added a third mainline track requiring the demolition of the Via Rail station and the construction a new fully accessible building.[4] Vehicular access was improved and a covered drop off and pick up area was created with more than 1,000 new parking spaces added in a new six-storey parking structure.[5] The bus shelters were replaced with heated shelters in the spring of 2015.[6]

In 2018, Fortinos signed a deal with Metrolinx to have a PC Express kiosk and pick-up van at this station for online orders.[7]

Connecting bus routes

Oakville Transit
[8]
  • 4 Speers-Cornwall
  • 5/5A Dundas
  • 10 West Industrial (peak service only)
  • 11 Linbrook
  • 13 Westoak Trails
  • 14/14A Lakeshore West
  • 15 Bridge
  • 18 Glen Abbey South
  • 19 River Oaks
  • 20 Northridge
  • 24 South Common
  • 26 Falgarwood
  • 28 Glen Abbey North
  • 120 East Industrial (peak service only)
  • 121 Southeast Industrial (peak service only)
  • 190 River Oaks Express (peak service only)
GO Transit
  • 18 Lakeshore West[9]
  • 56 Hwy 407 West[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Tess Kalinowski (October 16, 2011). "Jammed GO train is 'already full by the time it gets here'". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Ross Wark (June 2011). "Volume 45: Number 2" (PDF). Newsletter. Oakville Historical Society. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Oakville's Yachting Heritage". Town of Oakville. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. With the opening of the Great Western Railway from Niagara Falls to Hamilton in 1855 and to Toronto through Oakville in 1856, the steamboat interest suffered badly
  4. ^ "Oakville Station: A Collaborative Effort". Via Rail. January 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "New parking structure now open at the Oakville GO Station". News release. Transport Canada. October 19, 2012. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013.
  6. ^ "Modernizing Stations – Oakville GO Station". GO Transit. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Metrolinx to roll out grocery pickup service at select GO Transit stations". CTV News Toronto. February 26, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  8. ^ "Terminal and Station Maps". www.oakvilletransit.ca. Town of Oakville. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Routes 1-18 Lakeshore West GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. January 5, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Routes 52-54-56 407 East GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. April 2, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.

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