Brampton GO Station is a
railway station served by
GO Transit
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and
Via Rail, located at 27 Church Street West in downtown
Brampton
Brampton ( or ) is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Census, making it the ...
,
Ontario, Canada. It is directly connected to the
Downtown Brampton Terminal
The Downtown Terminal is a Brampton Transit bus station serving the central area of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is located a block north of the intersection of Main Street and Queen Street, the two main streets in downtown. There is direct acc ...
which serves GO Transit and
Brampton Transit
Brampton Transit (BT) is a public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Brampton Transit began operations in 1974. In , the system had ...
buses.
History
Brampton station opened in 1856 as a part of the
Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) line between Toronto and London.
The current station building was built in 1907.
The GTR was acquired by the
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN i ...
(CN) in 1923,
then in 1977 CN's passenger rail division was transferred to
Via Rail.
GO Transit began serving the station in 1974 with the creation of the Georgetown line (now Kitchener Line).
A new second platform on the south side of the tracks was built 2009-2011 featuring a covered section, improved lighting and security systems as well as an automatic snow melting system. Previously only the north track had been accessible to passenger trains with a tunnel underneath the track for passengers entering from Station Street/George Street North.
In July 2014
Metrolinx
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(GO Transit) purchased the station from CN for $2.5 million.
Overview
The station is
wheelchair accessible
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and the building houses a waiting room and ticket sales. The train station is connected by a passenger tunnel to the
Downtown Brampton Bus Terminal on the south side.
With growing commuter ridership, the station's parking lot is operating over its designed capacity, and cannot be extended because of its downtown location.
Mount Pleasant GO Station
Mount Pleasant GO Station is a GO Transit railway station Brampton, Ontario, Canada. On the Kitchener line, it serves the Mount Pleasant district of Brampton. It is located at Bovaird Drive and Ashby Field Drive. As of September 2015, it is the ...
opened in early 2005 to take some of the pressure off this station.
The trackage between
Bramalea and
Georgetown is still owned by
Canadian National
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I railroad, Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern United States, M ...
and it is part of the railway's primary freight line across Ontario. This limits the number of passenger trains that can operate through Brampton.
Services
The GO Transit
Kitchener line
Kitchener is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends westward from Union Station in Toronto to Kitchener, though most trains originate and terminate in Brampton in off-pe ...
trains operate between
Toronto Union Station
Union Station is a major railway station and intermodal transportation hub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Front Street West, on the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto. The munic ...
and
Kitchener, with many trips terminating in
Mount Pleasant or
Georgetown. As of 2019, train service operates on weekdays only with up to 3 trains per hour in the peak direction, and one train per hour at other times. On weekends, GO bus service operates to Toronto from the adjacent Brampton Bus Terminal.
Via Rail Corridor
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Films
* ''The Corridor'' (1968 film), a 1968 Swedish drama film
* ''The Corridor'' (1995 film), a 1995 Lithuanian drama film
* ''The Corridor'' (2010 film), a 2010 Canadia ...
intercity trains operate west to
Stratford,
London, and
Sarnia
Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes w ...
, and east to Toronto Union Station.
Between 1982 and 2004, Brampton was an intermediate stop on the ''
International Limited
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International may also refer to:
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* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
* ''International'' (The T ...
'', a joint
Via Rail and
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ...
service between Chicago and Toronto.
The
Downtown Brampton Terminal
The Downtown Terminal is a Brampton Transit bus station serving the central area of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is located a block north of the intersection of Main Street and Queen Street, the two main streets in downtown. There is direct acc ...
serves GO buses to
Yorkdale
Yorkdale Shopping Centre, or simply Yorkdale, is a major retail shopping centre in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located at the intersection of Highway 401 and Allen Road, it opened in 1964 as the largest enclosed shoppin ...
,
York Mills
York Mills is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred around Yonge Street and York Mills Road located in the district of North York. In 2010, it encompassed the fourth and seventh most affluent postal codes in Canada. It is rec ...
and
Union
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Union may also refer to:
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* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''U ...
stations in Toronto,
Orangeville and
Guelph, as well as
Brampton Transit
Brampton Transit (BT) is a public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Brampton Transit began operations in 1974. In , the system had ...
local buses.
See also
*
List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada
This is a list of railway stations in Canada which have been designated under the ''Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act''. The names given for stations are taken from the Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations maintained by th ...
References
External links
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GO Transit railway stations
Via Rail stations in Ontario
Railway stations in Brampton
Canadian National Railway stations in Ontario
Designated heritage railway stations in Ontario
Former Amtrak stations in Canada
Canadian Register of Historic Places in Ontario