Acton GO Station

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GO Transit logo.svg Acton
Acton Station - March 2019.jpg
Acton station in March 2019
General information
LocationEastern Avenue, Acton, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°38′02″N80°02′05″W / 43.634°N 80.0347°W / 43.634; -80.0347
Owned by Metrolinx
Construction
Parking50 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: AC
Fare zone37
History
OpenedJanuary 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)
Passengers
2018108 (daily average) [1] Increase2.svg 10.4%
Services
Preceding station GO Transit logo.svg GO Transit Following station
Guelph
towards Kitchener
Kitchener Georgetown
towards Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Rockwood
toward Sarnia
SarniaToronto
via Lucan Crossing
Limehouse
toward Toronto

Acton GO Station is a railway station in Acton, Ontario, Canada. It is served by GO Transit's Kitchener line. It is located at the intersection of Mill St East and Eastern Avenue, adjacent to the Old Hide House. Previous Acton stations were operated by the Grand Trunk Railway and, later, the Canadian National Railway. [2]

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History

The 1908 station, which has been demolished. Acton Station ehs00327.jpg
The 1908 station, which has been demolished.

The previous station building near this site in Acton had been constructed in 1908 by the Grand Trunk Railway [3] with the origin of the line dating back to 1856. [4] The line ultimately became part of the Canadian National Railway system and regular service to the town was discontinued in 1967. GO Trains had also stopped at the station for a brief time between 1990 and 1993.

The new Acton station was approved as part of the Georgetown-to-Kitchener Extension Environmental Assessment in 2009. [5] In November 2010, a partial rollout of this plan was announced to be in place by late 2011. Two round trips daily were planned to serve Acton, Guelph and Kitchener with layover for those trains at a small facility in Kitchener. $18 million would be spent to get this first stage operational, with further upgrades to come. [6] Service to Guelph and Kitchener began on December 19, 2011, but trains passed through Acton without stopping, as the Acton station was not ready.

Trains began serving the Acton station on January 7, 2013. [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. "Detailed ridership map released for GO and UP Express stations". Metrolinx. 30 January 2019.
  2. Jeffrey P. Smith. "CNR Ontario Stations: CNR Acton".
  3. Acton Grand Trunk Station
  4. Acton historical plaque Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
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