Oakville GO Station

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.

Oakville
Location	214 Cross Avenue Oakville, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°27′18″N 79°40′57″W
Platforms	1 side, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	GO Bus Oakville Transit
Construction
Parking	2,724 spaces + 2 electric vehicle parking/charging stations
Bicycle facilities	Rack
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Via Rail: OAKV GO Transit: OA Amtrak code: OKL
Fare zone	13
History
Opened	23 May 1967
Rebuilt	2012
Passengers
2010	13,100 (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 via Niagara Falls Toronto– New York Maple Leaf Preceding station GO Transit Following station Bronte towards Aldershot Lakeshore West Clarkson towards Union Station Bronte towards Hamilton or Niagara Falls Lakeshore West Express Burlington towards Niagara Falls Lakeshore West Weekend express Port Credit towards Union Station
Former services 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

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

Multi-storey parking structure

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]
• 46 Hwy 407 West[10]

References

1. Tess Kalinowski (October 16, 2011). "Jammed GO train is 'already full by the time it gets here'". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
2. Ross Wark (June 2011). "Volume 45: Number 2" (PDF). Newsletter. Oakville Historical Society. pp. 5–6. 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. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
10. "Routes 45-46-47-48 407 West GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. August 31, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

External links

Media related to Oakville GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

• GO Transit station page for Oakville GO Station

• Via Rail station page for Oakville GO Station
• Oakville Via Rail & GO Station (Canada RailGuide—TrainWeb)