Barrie South GO Station

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GO Transit logo.svg Barrie South
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General information
Location833 Yonge Street, Barrie
Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 44°21′04″N79°37′39″W / 44.35111°N 79.62750°W / 44.35111; -79.62750
Owned by Metrolinx
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks single track
Bus stands8 bus bays
ConnectionsBSicon BUS1.svg Barrie Transit
Construction
Structure typeBrick station building
Parking623 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: BA
Fare zone68
History
Opened17 December 2007
Services
Preceding station GO Transit logo.svg GO Transit Following station
Allandale Waterfront
Terminus
Barrie Bradford
towards Union Station

Barrie South GO Station is a train and bus station on the GO Transit Barrie line, located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

Contents

Barrie Transit buses provide public transit access to the rest of the city. As of January 2012, the station is used by about 700 passengers per day, [1] up from 350 at the time of its opening. [2]

History

Construction of the station began in June 2007 [3] and the station began operating on December 17, 2007, [4] with the first train departing at 05:43 that day. [5]

The station's opening restored GO train service to Barrie, which had been eliminated in the 1990s.

Services

Barrie South station has weekday train service consisting of 7 trains southbound to Union Station in the morning, and 7 trains returning northbound from Union Station in the afternoon. At other times, GO bus route 68 operates hourly to Aurora GO Station where passengers can transfer to the all-day train service to Toronto. [6]

Weekend train service consists of 5 trains in each direction throughout the day. GO bus route 68 also operates hourly to Aurora GO station or East Gwillimbury GO station where passengers can connect to the hourly weekend train service to Toronto. [6]

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References

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