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Whitby GO Station

Coordinates: 43°51′54″N 78°56′17″W / 43.86500°N 78.93806°W / 43.86500; -78.93806
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For the railway station in Whitby, England, see Whitby railway station.
Whitby
General information
Location1350 Brock Street South
Whitby, Ontario[1]
Coordinates43°51′54″N 78°56′17″W / 43.86500°N 78.93806°W / 43.86500; -78.93806
Owned byMetrolinx
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsTemplate:Canada transit connection
Construction
Parking2,958 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: WHGO
Fare zone93[1]
History
OpenedDecember 4, 1988 (1988-12-04)
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station
Template:GO Transit lines
Template:GO Transit lines
Planned Expansion

Whitby GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network[1] located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore East line and was the eastern terminus of the dedicated GO Transit right-of-way until those tracks were extended to Oshawa in 1995. There are connections by GO Bus northward to Port Perry and Beaverton, and local Durham Region Transit routes within Whitby.

Station layout

The station is located west of Brock Street on the south side of Highway 401.[1] The main station building and bus terminal are on the north side of the railway with the island train platform between the two GO Train tracks connected by tunnels. Facilities inside the station building include the ticket agent, waiting room and public washroom. The bus loop is located north-east of the building and the passenger pick-up/drop-off area is directly in front.

There are about three thousand parking spaces available and carpool parking is permitted. The majority of the parking, including a multi-storey parking structure,[2] is on the south side across the CN freight tracks and can be reached by a pedestrian bridge.[3]

History

Whitby Junction c.1906

The Whitby Junction Station was built by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903, at the foot of Byron Street near to where the current GO Station is located. It closed in 1969 and in 1971 the building was moved; first to the north-east corner of Victoria Street and Henry Street for use as an art gallery, and then in 2005 relocated across the street into Whitby Iroquois Park at the north-west corner of the intersection.[4]

The southerly terminus of the Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Railway was at the harbour in Whitby and that line linked with the Grand Trunk Railway a short distance east of the station.[5]

Connecting buses

GO Bus
  • 81 - Port Perry/Whitby Bus[6]
  • 96 - Oshawa/Finch Express Bus[7]
Durham Region Transit.
[8]
  • 301 West Lynde / Otter Creek
  • 302 Baldwin Brock
  • 303 Garden
  • 304 Anderson
  • 305 Thickson
  • 308 / 308C Whitby Shores
  • 385 Whitby Late night Shuttle
  • 910 / 910C - Campus Connect
  • 922 - Bloor Townline

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Whitby GO Station— TRAIN & BUS STATION". GO Transit. Retrieved March 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Whitby GO station opens new four-storey parking lot". durhamregion.com. Feb 24, 2010. Retrieved March 2014. Additional 1,400 spaces to provide enhanced services to users {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Whitby GO Station Bridge". Dineen Construction Corporation. 2011. Retrieved March 2014. Pedestrian bridge at Whitby GO Station - Value $5,500,000. DINEEN constructed this new pedestrian bridge to provide an additional access point from the centre platform to the South GO parking lot. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Station Gallery History". Retrieved March 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ Brown, Ron (2011). In Search of the Grand Trunk: Ghost Rail Lines in Ontario. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 1554888824. Retrieved March 2014. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ 81 Port Perry/Whitby GO Bus Schedule
  7. ^ 96 Oshawa/Finch Express GO Bus Schedule
  8. ^ "NEW Route Maps". Durham Region Transit Website. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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