Aldershot GO Station

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Aldershot
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General information
Location1199 Waterdown Road
Burlington, Ontario
Coordinates 43°18′48″N79°51′20″W / 43.31333°N 79.85556°W / 43.31333; -79.85556
Owned by Metrolinx
Platforms2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks4
Bus operators GO bus symbol.svg GO Transit
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Burlington Transit
BSicon BUS1.svg Hamilton Street Railway
Construction
Structure typeUnstaffed station; Station building with a waiting room and public washroom
Parking1,619 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code
Fare zone17
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Brantford
toward Windsor
Windsor–Toronto Oakville
toward Toronto
Grimsby
toward New York
Maple Leaf
Preceding station GO Transit logo.svg GO Transit Following station
West Harbour
Terminus
Lakeshore West Burlington
towards Union Station
Hamilton
Terminus
Lakeshore West
(peak express)
West Harbour
towards Niagara Falls
St Catharines
towards Niagara Falls
Lakeshore West
(off-peak express)
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Hamilton Niagara FallsToronto
Local stops
Burlington
toward Toronto
Hamilton
Terminus
HamiltonAllandale Burlington
toward Allandale
Location
Aldershot GO Station

Aldershot GO Station is a railway station and bus station used by Via Rail and GO Transit, located at Highway 403 and Waterdown Road in the Aldershot community of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

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Services

Aldershot serves Burlington on Via Rail's Quebec City–Windsor Corridor routes between Toronto and Windsor, and is also served by trains coming westbound from Montreal. It doubles as the Via Rail station for Hamilton, which does not have an intercity rail station of its own.

The station is also served by the joint Via–Amtrak Maple Leaf train, connecting Toronto and New York City through Niagara Falls.

Aldershot is the western terminus of 30-minute service on the Lakeshore West line in off-peak hours, with every second train continuing on to West Harbour GO Station and with bus connections available to Hamilton GO Centre and Brantford Bus Terminal. Four trains continue on to Hamilton GO during peak periods. [1] Three trains go to Niagara Falls and return from Niagara Falls every day.

Burlington Transit bus routes 4 Central and 87 North Service – Aldershot terminate at this station. [2] Hamilton Street Railway bus route 18 Waterdown provides peak hour, weekday service to Waterdown. [3]

History

GTR station in 1910 with the sign showing "Waterdown" Aldershot Waterdown GTR station BHS064056f.jpg
GTR station in 1910 with the sign showing "Waterdown"

The Great Western Railway built the first railway station built here, a wooden structure consisting of ticket office, waiting room and freight room. It was originally named Waterdown Station, due to its location on Waterdown Road. The Great Western was purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway, which replaced the station in the early 1900s. In 1912, the Canadian Pacific Railway constructed a rail line from Guelph Junction to Hamilton and built a station in the neighbouring town of Waterdown with the GTR station subsequently renamed after the community of Aldershot, where it is situated. In 1920, the GTR merged into the Canadian National Railway. By the 1950s, passenger travel declined. The station closed in 1978, and was demolished in the 1980s. GO Transit built the current station in 1992. [4] [5]

Until 2022, the southernmost track at the station was a stub siding only connected to the mainline east of the station. Starting in November 2021, Metrolinx had CN extend this siding 200 m (660 ft) westwards to connect with the mainline and enable increased service west of Aldershot. Work was completed in June 2022. [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Table 1-18 Lakeshore West GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. "Schedules". Burlington Transit. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. "Hamilton Street Railway: 18 Waterdown schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  4. "July 1, 1912: The opening of the railway in Waterdown". Waterdown-East Flamborough Heritage Society. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017. At the beginning of the project, Waterdown was not even going to be given access to the railway – there was no station planned within the Village. Eventually there were two - Waterdown North near Parkside Drive, and Waterdown South near Dundas Street
  5. "Aldershot Station". Toronto Railway Historical Association. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  6. "How a new track at Aldershot GO helps unlock train service into Hamilton". Metrolinx. November 5, 2021. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021.
  7. "Pocket track at Aldershot Station holds a key that will unlock more GO Train service to Hamilton". Metrolinx. June 28, 2022. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022.