Hamilton GO Centre

For other rail stations named Hamilton, see Hamilton railway station (disambiguation).

Hamilton GO Centre

Location

36 Hunter Street East
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada

Coordinates

43°15′11″N 79°52′09″W / 43.25306°N 79.86917°WCoordinates: 43°15′11″N 79°52′09″W / 43.25306°N 79.86917°W

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

2 + 1 bypass

Bus stands

Bus operators

GO Transit

Hamilton Street Railway

Greyhound Canada

Coach Canada

Construction

Platform levels

Parking

54 reserved parking spots

Bicycle facilities

bicycle rack

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

GO Transit: HMGO

Fare zone

History

Opened

1933

Rebuilt

1996

Previous names

TH&B Railway Station

Services

Preceding station		GO Transit		Following station
Terminus		Lakeshore West		Aldershot toward Union Station

Heritage Railway Station (Canada)

Official name

Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station

Designated

1991

Reference no.

6531

Hamilton GO Centre is a GO Transit train and bus station located at Hunter Street East and Hughson Street South in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Unlike other GO stations, which usually connect only with local public transit buses, the centre doubles as a regional bus terminal for private intercity coach carriers including Greyhound Canada and Coach Canada.

History

Hamilton GO Centre is an Art Deco/Streamline Moderne railway station designed by New York architects Fellheimer & Wagner.^[1]^[2] Originally planned as a large complex it was reduced in size with a 7 story office block.^[2] It opened in 1933 as the head office and the Hamilton station of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (TH&B). Passenger service on the TH&B was discontinued on April 26, 1981, and the TH&B merged into the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1987, leaving the facility completely disused.

In the early 1990s, GO Transit provided service out of two facilities in Hamilton: trains were routed along the CN Grimsby subdivision to the Hamilton CNR Station 1.6 km to the north, and buses operated from an older bus station at on the northern edge of Hamilton's Central Business District at John Street North and Rebecca Street. In order to better connect GO Transit service to Hamilton's CBD, improve the interface with the Hamilton Street Railway, and consolidate train and bus services at a single site, renovations were undertaken to convert the TH&B station into the Hamilton GO Centre. The new facility, designed by Garwood-Jones & Hanham Architects,^[3] opened on April 30, 1996.

Hamilton Street Railway

Although many Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) routes stop immediately adjacent to the Hamilton GO Centre, until 2009 only Route 51 - University used the station's bus terminal. On June 28, 2009, downtown bus routes were realigned and new bus platforms inside the GO Centre become the downtown terminus points for three busy lower city routes: Route 1 - King, Route 2 - Barton and Route 3 - Cannon.

GO Transit

The GO station is the western terminus of Lakeshore West trains and GO bus routes 16, 18 and 47. Via Rail trains do not serve Hamilton, but interchange with the GO line at Aldershot Station in neighbouring Burlington.

Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Museum

A railway museum with an interpretation centre is located on the mezzanine level.^[2]

Bus platform assignments

1: GO Bus arrivals
2: GO Bus arrivals
3: GO Bus arrivals
4: GO Bus arrivals
5: GO Bus arrivals
6: GO Bus 40, Hamilton/Richmond Hill Pearson Express to Richmond Hill Centre Terminal, via Oakville Carpool Lot, Square One Bus Terminal and Toronto Pearson International Airport^[4]
7: GO Bus 47, 407 to York University, via Burlington Carpool Lot, Bronte Carpool Lot, Oakville Carpool Lot, Erin Mills GO Station, Square One Bus Terminal, Bramalea GO Station, York University; on weekends, 47G service (same as 47, but continues past York University to Yorkdale Bus Terminal^[5]
8: GO Bus 16, Queen Elizabeth Way express to Toronto Union Station Bus Terminal^[6]
9: GO Bus 18, connector to GO Train (via Aldershot and Burlington) to Union Station (Toronto)^[7]
10: GO Bus 47 - Highway 407 West, via Square One and Bramalea GO Station to York University^[5]
11: Greyhound Canada - Toronto, London, Windsor
12: Coach Canada - Niagara Falls
13: Coach Canada - Cambridge, Kitchener
14: Casino Coach - Fallsview Casino, Casino Niagara
15: Unloading and layover
16: Unloading and layover
17: Hamilton Street Railway - Route 3 Cannon^[8] and Route 51 University^[9]
18: Hamilton Street Railway - Route 1 King^[10] and Route 2 Barton^[11]

References

↑ http://historicalhamilton.com/corktown/hamilton-go-centre/
1 2 3 "The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station". Forgotten Buffalo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
↑ Garwood-Jones & Hanham •GO Transit Station Renovation
↑ 40 Hamilton/Richmond Hill GO Bus Schedule
1 2 407 West GO Bus Schedule
↑ 16 Hamilton/Toronto Express GO Bus Schedule
↑ 18 Lakeshore West GO Bus Schedule
↑ "3 CANNON" (PDF). Bus Schedules. Hamilton Street Railway. 6 September 2015. Bus stop numbers: Hamilton GO Centre Platform 17
↑ "51 UNIVERSITY" (PDF). Bus Schedules. Hamilton Street Railway. 6 September 2015. Bus stop numbers: Hamilton Station Platform 17
↑ "1 KING" (PDF). Bus Schedules. Hamilton Street Railway. 28 June 2015. Bus stop numbers: Go Centre Platform 18
↑ "2 BARTON" (PDF). Bus Schedules. Hamilton Street Railway. 28 June 2015. Bus stop numbers: GO Centre Platform 18

External links

Media related to Hamilton GO Centre at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit station page for Hamilton GO Centre

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