Oakville GO Station
Railway station in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Railway station in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Location | 214 Cross Avenue Oakville, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°27′18″N 79°40′57″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side, 2 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | GO Bus Oakville Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Staffed station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | 2,724 spaces + 2 electric vehicle parking/charging stations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Rack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 23 May 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | 13,100 (GO Train)[1] Ranked 2nd of 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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