Allandale Waterfront GO Station
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Allandale Waterfront
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| Location | 285 Bradford Street, Barrie Ontario, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 44°22′27″N 79°41′16″W / 44.37417°N 79.68778°WCoordinates: 44°22′27″N 79°41′16″W / 44.37417°N 79.68778°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metrolinx/City of Barrie | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | formerly The Canadian, Northlander | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform 6 bus bays |
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| Tracks | 1 + 1 bypass | ||||||||||
| Connections |
 Barrie Transit
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| Parking | 150 | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | GO Transit: ADGO | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 69 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 June 1905 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1980; rails lifted 1996 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2011 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | CHUM Limited | ||||||||||
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Allandale Waterfront GO Station, was built just south of Allandale Station, a historic train station that occupies a large property on the southern shore of Lake Simcoe in the waterfront area of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Construction of the new facility began in 2009. GO Transit announced on 15 June 2011 that the station would open in the autumn of 2011, but construction delayed its opening until January 2012. Bus service to the station began on 28 January 2012, with the train service following two days later.
A ceremonial train trip from Allandale Waterfront GO Station to Bradford GO Station officially opened the station on 29 January 2012.
The Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Union Railroad (OS&HURR) first built a station here in 1853. The current structure, the fourth station building on the site, was designed by the architectural firm Spier and Rohns, built in 1904 by Richard Scruton, and opened by then-operator Grand Trunk Railway on 19 June 1905. The station provided passenger service for the Grand Trunk and later the Canadian National Railway and Via Rail until closing in 1980. It briefly reopened as a GO passenger facility from 1990 to 1993. In 1996 the CNR lifted rails between Allandale and Longford.
The Allandale Community Development Corporation or 'ACDC' (with City interests) purchased the buildings and adjacent 7 acres (28,000 m2) from CNR after train service discontinued in the 1980s. ACDC then sold the station to CHUM Ltd in 2000.
CHUM Ltd. purchased the 6.9 acres (28,000 m2) of land, including the station buildings for $1,050,000 in 2000. CHUM planned to restore the Allandale Station building as part of their plan to develop of a new broadcast centre on the site, though changed their plan in 2004. In 2007 CHUM agreed to sell the property to the City for the same amount CHUM originally paid. CHUM received a Charitable Donation Tax Receipt reflecting the increased value of the property since 2000 largely due to the restoration and site works completed by CHUM.
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