Aldershot GO Station

For the railway station in England, see Aldershot railway station.

Aldershot
File:AldershotGOStation.jpg
Location	1199 Waterdown Road Burlington, Ontario
Coordinates
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	Burlington Transit Hamilton Street Railway
Construction
Structure type	Station building with a waiting room and public washroom
Parking	1619 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Via Rail: ALDR GO Transit: ALGO Amtrak:AST
Fare zone	17
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station Brantford toward Windsor Windsor–Toronto Oakville toward Toronto Amtrak Grimsby toward New York City Maple Leaf (Operated by Via Rail) Oakville toward Toronto GO Transit Terminus Lakeshore West Burlington toward Union Station Hamilton rush hour Terminus West Harbour rush hour Terminus

Aldershot GO Station is a railway station and bus station used by Via Rail and GO Transit, located at Highway 403 and Waterdown Road in the Aldershot community of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

Services

This is the western terminus of the Lakeshore West line train service in off-peak hours, with buses continuing on from here to Hamilton GO Centre and the McMaster University Bus Terminal. Eight trains (four in each direction) continue on to Hamilton during peak hours. Some rush-hour trains terminate at Burlington GO Station and GO buses connecting to these trips stop here as well.

Aldershot serves Burlington and Hamilton on Via Rail's Quebec City-Windsor Corridor routes between Toronto and Windsor, and the joint Via-Amtrak Maple Leaf train, connecting Toronto and New York through Niagara Falls.

Burlington Transit bus route 1 Plains operates through this station, between Burlington GO Station and downtown Hamilton. Hamilton Street Railway bus route 18 Waterdown provides peak hour, weekday service to Waterdown.

History

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GTR station in 1910 with the sign showing "Waterdown"

The first railway station built here was originally named Waterdown, due to its location on Waterdown Road. The Canadian Pacific Railway constructed a rail line from Guelph Junction to Hamilton in 1912 and built a station in the neighbouring town of Waterdown, with the station here subsequently renamed after the community of Aldershot, where it is situated.

The Great Western Railway established the line between Niagara Falls and Toronto in 1856, with that company being purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway which merged into the Canadian National Railway in 1920.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• GO Transit station page for Aldershot GO Station
• Via Rail station page for Aldershot GO Station
• Aldershot Via Rail & GO Transit Station (Canada RailGuide—TrainWeb)