Brampton GO Station

Brampton GO Station is a railway station served by GO Transit and Via Rail, located at 27 Church Street West in downtown Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is directly connected to the Downtown Brampton Terminal which serves GO Transit and Brampton Transit buses.

Brampton
Location	27/31 Church Street West Brampton, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°41′13″N 79°45′53″W
Owned by	Metrolinx (station) Canadian National Railway (tracks)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Downtown Brampton Terminal
Construction
Parking	962 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: BRGO
Fare zone	33
History
Opened	1856
Rebuilt	1907 (GTR) 2011 (GOT)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	2,500 (daily avg.)[1]  4.9% (GO Transit)
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Georgetown toward Sarnia Sarnia–Toronto Malton toward Toronto Preceding station GO Transit Following station Mount Pleasant towards Kitchener Kitchener Bramalea towards Union Station
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Georgetown toward Chicago International Malton toward Toronto
Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
Designated	1992
Reference no.	4567

History

Brampton station circa 1910

Brampton station opened in 1856 as a part of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) line between Toronto and London.[2] The current station building was built in 1907.[3]

The GTR was acquired by the Canadian National Railway (CN) in 1923,[4] then in 1977 CN's passenger rail division was transferred to Via Rail.[5]

GO Transit began serving the station in 1974 with the creation of the Georgetown line (now Kitchener Line).[6]

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 (GO Transit) purchased the station from CN for $2.5 Million.[7]

Overview

The station is wheelchair accessible 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 opened in early 2005 to take some of the pressure off this station.[8]

The trackage between Bramalea and Georgetown is still owned by Canadian National 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 trains operate between Toronto Union Station 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.[9]

Via Rail Corridor intercity trains operate west to Stratford, London, and Sarnia, and east to Toronto Union Station.

Between 1982 and 2004, Brampton was an intermediate stop on the International Limited, a joint Via Rail and Amtrak service between Chicago and Toronto.[10]

The Downtown Brampton Terminal serves GO buses to Yorkdale, York Mills and Union stations in Toronto, Orangeville and Guelph, as well as Brampton Transit local buses.

References

1. "Detailed ridership map released for GO and UP Express stations". Metrolinx. 30 January 2019.
2. City of Brampton. "Brampton History". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
3. Historic Places. "Canadian former National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) station". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
4. The Canadian Encyclopedia. "Canadian National Railways". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
5. Via Rail. "Building the Canadian railway". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
6. Daniel Garcia and Sean Marshall. "GO Transit's Kitchener Line". Transit Toronto. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
7. "Metrolinx acquires CN station in Brampton". Brampton Guardian. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
8. "GO Transit – Mount Pleasant Station « Dineen Construction Corporation". 2015-02-05. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
9. "Kitchener Line Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
10. Matt Melzer (23 April 2004). "Final Run of the Amtrak / VIA International". TrainWeb.org. Retrieved 1 August 2015. From 1982, Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada had jointly operated the International train between Chicago and Toronto

External links

• Media related to Brampton GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

• GO Transit station page for Brampton GO Station

• Via Rail station page for Brampton GO Station