Oshawa GO Station

Oshawa
Oshawa
General information
Location	915 Bloor Street West; Oshawa, Ontario
Coordinates	43°52′14″N 78°53′08″W / 43.87056°N 78.88556°W
Owned by	Via Rail and Metrolinx
Platforms	1 island platform for GO Train; 1 island and 1 side for Via Rail
Tracks	5 (2 GO and 3 VIA)
Bus stands	11 bus bays
Connections	Durham Region Transit
Construction
Structure type	Via Rail building with manned ticket counter, public washrooms and waiting room. GO Transit shelters.
Parking	2,242 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: OSGO
Fare zone	94
Services
GO Transit

Oshawa railway station serves GO Transit commuter trains and buses and Via Rail trains running from Toronto to Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal. Local Durham Region Transit bus routes connect to the station. It is located in southwestern part of the City of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, with easy access to Highway 401.

History

The Grand Trunk Railway between Montreal and Toronto was completed in 1856^[1] and the first Oshawa station was located just east of Simcoe Street South. In 1923 the company was absorbed by the Canadian National Railway who, in the 1960s, built the current station 2.7 km farther west at Thornton Road South. The building was expanded and upgraded by Via Rail in the early 1990s and GO Transit's Lakeshore East line was extended to there in 1995.

Via Rail

The station is regularly served by intercity trains on the "Corridor" routes between Toronto and Montreal or Ottawa. In 2009 Via Rail announced the planned construction of a new fully accessible station adjacent to the existing building^[2] as part of major improvements to the Kingston Subdivision,^[3] the main line between Toronto and Dorval.

GO Transit

Oshawa is the eastern terminus of GO's Lakeshore East line train service, operating in its own dedicated trackage east of Pickering.^[4]

There are GO bus connections serving Courtice, Bowmanville, Newcastle and Peterborough to the east, and to the west, serving Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Scarborough and Toronto, via Highway 2 and/or Highway 401.

GO Transit plans to cease services to the station when it extends services to Bowmanville, replacing it with three new stations (with plans for a future potential fourth station).^[5] This would remove the connection between GO Transit and Via services.

Durham Region Transit

Durham Region Transit serves the city of Oshawa and surrounding cities such as Whitby, Port Perry, Ajax, Pickering, Clarington, etc.^[6]

DRT tickets, passes, and transfers are accepted on GO buses operating within Durham Region, allowing riders to freely transfer between DRT and GO buses to complete a trip within the region. DRT also has in place a co-fare (reduced fare) system for riders transferring from GO Trains.

Connecting bus services

Durham Region Transit.: ^[7]

401C Simcoe
403 Park
405 Wilson
922 Bloor Townline

GO Transit

88 - Peterborough/Oshawa Bus^[8]
90 - Newcastle/Oshawa Local Bus^[9]
91 - Newcastle/Oshawa Express Bus^[9]
96 - Oshawa/Finch Express Bus^[10]

References

^ Jeffrey P. Smith. "CNR Oshawa Subdivision". Retrieved 17 September 2011.
^ "Government of Canada and Via Rail announce new station for Oshawa" (PDF). 9 November 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
^ CN Kingston Subdivision Project - Backgrounder
^ Transit Toronto - GO Transit's Lakeshore Line
^ "Oshawa to Bowmanville Rail Service Expansion and Rail Maintensnce Facility" (pdf). Metrolinx. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
^ "Durham Region Transit". Retrieved 17 September 2011.
^ "NEW Route Maps". Durham Region Transit Website. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ 88 Peterborough/Oshawa GO Bus Schedule
^ ^a ^b 90-91 Lakeshore East GO Train and Bus Schedule
^ 96 Oshawa/Finch Express GO Bus Schedule

External links

GO Transit station page for Oshawa GO Station

Via Rail station page for Oshawa GO Station

[1] Jeffrey P. Smith. "CNR Oshawa Subdivision". Retrieved 17 September 2011.

[2] "Government of Canada and Via Rail announce new station for Oshawa" (PDF). 9 November 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2010.

[3] CN Kingston Subdivision Project - Backgrounder

[4] Transit Toronto - GO Transit's Lakeshore Line

[5] "Oshawa to Bowmanville Rail Service Expansion and Rail Maintensnce Facility" (pdf). Metrolinx. Retrieved 2010-11-03.

[6] "Durham Region Transit". Retrieved 17 September 2011.

[newschedules-7] "NEW Route Maps". Durham Region Transit Website. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[8] 88 Peterborough/Oshawa GO Bus Schedule

[Table9-9] 90-91 Lakeshore East GO Train and Bus Schedule

[10] 96 Oshawa/Finch Express GO Bus Schedule

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v t e GO Transit
Lakeshore West line	Union Station Exhibition Park Lawn † Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation † Grimsby † St. Catharines Niagara Falls
Milton line	Union Station Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton
Kitchener line	Union Station King–Liberty † Bloor St. Clair–Old Weston † Mount Dennis † Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau † Kitchener (Kitchener Central †)
Barrie line	Union Station Spadina–Front † Bloor–Lansdowne † Caledonia † Downsview Park Rutherford Maple Kirby † King City Aurora Mulock † Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil † Barrie South Allandale Waterfront
Richmond Hill line	Union Station Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington
Stouffville line	Union Station Kennedy Agincourt Finch–Kennedy † Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Old Elm
Lakeshore East line	Union Station East Harbour † Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners East † Ritson Road † Courtice † Bowmanville †
Union Pearson Express	Union Station Bloor Mount Dennis † Weston Pearson Airport
Former or proposed station sites	Lawrence–Kennedy York University
Bus terminals	Bramalea Brampton Cornell Finch Highway 407 Kipling McMaster University Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Station University of Waterloo York Mills Yorkdale
Miscellaneous	History Fares Rail services Bus services Fleet Expansion GO-ALRT
See also	Metrolinx Presto card SmartTrack The Big Move
† and italics denotes a future station