mdrejhon
Senior Member
In a document where positive pedestrian-friendly Hamilton LRT modifications were made, is a GO-station-related nugget that has a slight but unsurprising disappointment:
Hamilton Confederation GO station is not intended to begin operations till 2022-2023.
From Hamilton City Hall meeting PDF (from Hamilton LRT thread)
Regional Rail
"In March 2018, Metrolinx adopted the 2041 Regional Transportation Plan (2041 RTP) for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The 2041 RTP identifies three Regional Rail projects within the City of Hamilton:
- Confederation GO Extension (West Harbour GO – Confederation GO);
- Niagara GO Service (Confederation GO – Niagara Falls GO); and,
- Lakeshore West 15-minute GO Service Extension (Aldershot GO – Hamilton GO).
Further details on these projects were provided by Metrolinx in their December 2018 GO Expansion Full Business Case. A summary of that Business Case and the implications for the City can be found in Report PED19061 received by Public Works Committee on March 19, 2019.
Since 2018, there have been several enhancements to rail service benefitting the City. Currently, there are a total of eight GO Rail trains that leave Hamilton in the morning peak and return in the afternoon peak; four from Hamilton GO Centre and four from West Harbour. There is no GO Rail service from Toronto to Hamilton in the morning or from Hamilton to Toronto in the evening.
Metrolinx is currently working with CN on the required infrastructure investments as well as long-term agreements needed to provide further service expansion into Hamilton. This includes completion of a third track along the CN corridor which will help unlock additional capacity.
Confederation Station
Work on the Confederation Station, located at Centennial Parkway and Goderich Road, has been on-going since 2018. In the short term, this station will serve GO Bus trips only. Work on the rail infrastructure to support a GO Rail station is continuing, and the current timeline for completion of a full GO Rail Station is 2022/2023.
Hamilton Confederation GO station is not intended to begin operations till 2022-2023.
From Hamilton City Hall meeting PDF (from Hamilton LRT thread)
Regional Rail
"In March 2018, Metrolinx adopted the 2041 Regional Transportation Plan (2041 RTP) for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The 2041 RTP identifies three Regional Rail projects within the City of Hamilton:
- Confederation GO Extension (West Harbour GO – Confederation GO);
- Niagara GO Service (Confederation GO – Niagara Falls GO); and,
- Lakeshore West 15-minute GO Service Extension (Aldershot GO – Hamilton GO).
Further details on these projects were provided by Metrolinx in their December 2018 GO Expansion Full Business Case. A summary of that Business Case and the implications for the City can be found in Report PED19061 received by Public Works Committee on March 19, 2019.
Since 2018, there have been several enhancements to rail service benefitting the City. Currently, there are a total of eight GO Rail trains that leave Hamilton in the morning peak and return in the afternoon peak; four from Hamilton GO Centre and four from West Harbour. There is no GO Rail service from Toronto to Hamilton in the morning or from Hamilton to Toronto in the evening.
Metrolinx is currently working with CN on the required infrastructure investments as well as long-term agreements needed to provide further service expansion into Hamilton. This includes completion of a third track along the CN corridor which will help unlock additional capacity.
Confederation Station
Work on the Confederation Station, located at Centennial Parkway and Goderich Road, has been on-going since 2018. In the short term, this station will serve GO Bus trips only. Work on the rail infrastructure to support a GO Rail station is continuing, and the current timeline for completion of a full GO Rail Station is 2022/2023.
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