Aldershot GO Station

For the railway station in England, see Aldershot railway station.

Aldershot GO Station is a railway station and bus station used by Via Rail and GO Transit, located at Highway 403 and Waterdown Road in the Aldershot community of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

Aldershot
General information
Location	1199 Waterdown Road Burlington, Ontario
Coordinates	43°18′48″N 79°51′20″W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Bus operators	GO Transit
Connections	Burlington Transit Hamilton Street Railway
Construction
Structure type	Station building with a waiting room and public washroom
Parking	1,619 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed station
Station code	GO Transit: AL Via Rail: ALDR Amtrak: AST
Fare zone	17
History
Opened	1855; 170 years ago (1855)
Closed	1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Rebuilt	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Brantford toward Windsor Windsor–Toronto Oakville toward Toronto Grimsby toward New York Maple Leaf Preceding station GO Transit Following station West Harbour Terminus Lakeshore West Burlington towards Union Station Hamilton Terminus Lakeshore West (peak express) West Harbour towards Niagara Falls Lakeshore West (off-peak express)
Former services Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Hamilton toward Suspension Bridge Niagara Falls – Toronto Local stops Burlington toward Toronto Hamilton Terminus Hamilton – Allandale Burlington toward Allandale
Location

History

GTR station in 1910 with the sign showing "Waterdown"

The Great Western Railway built the first railway station built here in 1855, a wooden structure consisting of ticket office, waiting room and freight room. It was originally named Waterdown Station, due to its location on Waterdown Road. The Great Western was purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway, which replaced the station in the 1890s. In 1912, the Canadian Pacific Railway constructed a rail line from Guelph Junction to Hamilton and built a station in the neighbouring town of Waterdown with the GTR station subsequently renamed after the community of Aldershot, where it is situated. In 1920, the GTR merged into the Canadian National Railway. By the 1950s, passenger travel declined. The station closed in 1978, and was demolished in the 1980s. GO Transit built the current station in 1992.^[1][2]

Until 2022, the southernmost track at the station was a stub siding only connected to the mainline east of the station. Starting in November 2021, Metrolinx had CN extend this siding 200 m (660 ft) westwards to connect with the mainline and enable increased service west of Aldershot. Work was completed in June 2022.^[3][4]

Services

Aldershot is the western terminus of 30-minute service on GO Transit's Lakeshore West line in off-peak hours, with every second train continuing on to West Harbour GO Station and with bus connections available to Hamilton GO Centre and Brantford Bus Terminal. Four trains continue on to Hamilton GO during peak periods.^[5] Three trains go to Niagara Falls and return from Niagara Falls every day.

Aldershot is a stop on Via Rail's Quebec City–Windsor Corridor routes between Toronto and Windsor, and is also served by trains coming westbound from Montreal. It serves as the Via Rail station for Hamilton; Via service to Hamilton CNR Station ended in 1992.

The station is also served by the joint Via–Amtrak Maple Leaf train, connecting Toronto and New York City through Niagara Falls.

Burlington Transit bus routes 4 Central and 87 North Service – Aldershot terminate at this station.^[6] Hamilton Street Railway bus route 18 Waterdown provides peak hour, weekday service to Waterdown.^[7]