Bramalea GO Station is a

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railway and bus station along the

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, Canada. It is located at 1713

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East, near the community of Bramalea at Steeles Ave. East and Bramalea Road. Like many other stations on the GO Train network, Bramalea is equipped with parking facilities, elevators for wheelchair access, a station building housing a waiting room and ticket sales, a Ticket Vending Machine, and a bus loop. In addition to the train service during the weekdays, it also features some train-bus services to/from Union Station and a frequent

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bus serving Highway 407 Bus Terminal,

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(Trafalgar Campus) Oakville,

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, and

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. Bramalea was previously the western terminus of all-day weekday train service to/from

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on the Georgetown line. Midday service was suspended to facilitate construction on the line. Since midday train service on the Georgetown corridor was first launched in May 2002,

has hired various contractors to improve the station. First, the station was made wheelchair-accessible by building an additional pedestrian tunnel and a pair of elevators, completed in January 2003. In August of that year, construction began of a new rail platform which was required in order to provide for all-day train service for the station, as the station is located on a busy railway corridor used by

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freight trains bypassing Toronto.

Improvements

To accommodate future increases in ridership, a new 650-space parking lot was opened in June 2005 on the south side of the tracks. GO Transit had also constructed a bus garage at the north-east corner by Steeles Avenue and Bramalea Road. The garage was subsequently removed and replaced with much-needed additional parking spaces in November 2011. A platform extension to allow 12-car trains was completed in early 2017. To support GO expansion plans for more frequent, reliable service on the Kitchener line, major improvements are planned for completion in 2021 including: * A new station building linked to a parking garage, adding close to 1,300 parking spaces * A new passenger pick-up and drop-off area (called ''Kiss & Ride'') * Improved bus platforms for GO Transit and Brampton Transit, with a dedicated

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bus loop * Covered bike parking * New retail spaces * Improved access to Bramalea Road * New accessible pedestrian tunnel at the west end of the station * Enhanced safety features including new emergency call systems and upgraded lighting * Platform improvements with a snow-melt system that will clear the platform of snow and ice, and canopies. The platforms will also be expanded to accommodate 12-car trains. On September 13, 2021, a new parking garage opened as part of a rehabilitation project at the station. The multi-level garage can hold 2,059 vehicles and features a colour-coded wayfinding system, two elevators, a car counting system and over 100 security cameras. The car counting system will identify which levels have available parking spots distinguishing accessibility from regular spots. Also opening is a new accessible tunnel to access train platforms directly from the station building. The station building has been redesigned with larger windows.

Bus service

;Bus bay assignments: * 5 – Drop Off area * 6 – GO Transit Route: 36-B Eastbound * 6 – GO Transit Route: 31N Westbound * 7 – GO Transit Route: 31-E,H,L Eastbound * 7 – GO Transit Route: 31-E,H Westbound * 8 – GO Transit Routes: 46, 47-A,F Westbound * 9 – GO Transit Routes: 25F, 46, 47-D,F, 48-B.F Eastbound * 10 – GO Transit Route: 32-A,B Eastbound * 10 – GO Transit Route: 32-B Westbound * 11 – GO Transit Routes: 30, 36-B Westbound * 12 – Brampton Transit Route: 15 Bramalea Southbound * 13 – Brampton Transit Routes: 40 Central Industrial, 92 Bramalea GO Shuttle * 14 – Brampton Transit Routes: 13 Avondale, 16 Southgate * 15 – Brampton Transit Route: 15/15A Bramalea Northbound * 16 – GO Transit Routes: 25F, 48-B,F Westbound

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