Barrie South GO Station
Train station in Barrie, Ontario
| Preceding station |  GO Transit | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allandale Waterfront Terminus | Barrie | Bradford towards Union Station | ||
Barrie South GO Station is a train and bus station on the GO Transit Barrie line, located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Barrie Transit buses provide public transit access to the rest of the city. As of January 2012, the station is used by about 700 passengers per day,[1] up from 350 at the time of its opening.[2]
History
Construction of the station began in June 2007[3] and the station began operating on December 17, 2007,[4] with the first train departing at 05:43 that day.[5]
The station's opening restored GO train service to Barrie, which had been eliminated in the 1990s.
Services
Barrie South station has weekday train service consisting of 7 trains southbound to Union Station in the morning, and 7 trains returning northbound from Union Station in the afternoon. At other times, GO bus route 68 operates hourly to Aurora GO Station where passengers can transfer to the all-day train service to Toronto.[6]
Weekend train service consists of 5 trains in each direction throughout the day. GO bus route 68 also operates hourly to Aurora GO station or East Gwillimbury GO station where passengers can connect to the hourly weekend train service to Toronto.[6]
References
- ^ McInroy, Ian (21 January 2012). "New GO station is ready to go". Barrie Examiner. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ Blenkhorn, Leigh (18 December 2008). "A 'wonderful' year for GO user". Barrie Advance. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ "Bradford Line - Barrie South GO Station". GO Transit. Retrieved 2007-07-20. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "New GO stations". GO Transit. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
- ^ "GO Transit Extends Rail Service to the City of Barrie". Transport Canada. 2007-12-16. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ a b "Barrie Line Schedule - table 65" (PDF). GO Transit. 29 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
External links
Media related to Barrie South GO Station at Wikimedia Commons- GO Transit station page for Barrie South GO Station
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