Hamilton GO Centre

Location

36 Hunter Street East
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada

Coordinates

43°15′11″N 79°52′09″W / 43.25306°N 79.86917°WCoordinates: 43°15′11″N 79°52′09″W / 43.25306°N 79.86917°W

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

2 + 1 bypass

Bus stands

Bus operators

GO Transit

Hamilton Street Railway

Greyhound Canada

Coach Canada

Construction

Platform levels

Parking

54 reserved parking spots

Bicycle facilities

bicycle rack

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

GO Transit: HMGO

Fare zone

History

Opened

1933

Rebuilt

1996

Previous names

TH&B Railway Station

Services

Preceding station		GO Transit		Following station
Terminus		Lakeshore West		Aldershot toward Union Station

Heritage Railway Station (Canada)

Official name

Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station

Designated

1991

Reference no.

6531

Hamilton GO Centre is a GO Transit train and bus station located at Hunter Street East and Hughson Street South in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Unlike other GO stations, which usually connect only with local public transit buses, the centre doubles as a regional bus terminal for private intercity coach carriers including Greyhound Canada and Coach Canada.

Hamilton GO Centre is an Art Deco/Streamline Moderne railway station designed by New York architects Fellheimer & Wagner. Originally planned as a large complex it was reduced in size with a 7 story office block. It opened in 1933 as the head office and the Hamilton station of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (TH&B). Passenger service on the TH&B was discontinued on April 26, 1981, and the TH&B merged into the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1987, leaving the facility completely disused.

In the early 1990s, GO Transit provided service out of two facilities in Hamilton: trains were routed along the CN Grimsby subdivision to the Hamilton CNR Station 1.6 km to the north, and buses operated from an older bus station at on the northern edge of Hamilton's Central Business District at John Street North and Rebecca Street. In order to better connect GO Transit service to Hamilton's CBD, improve the interface with the Hamilton Street Railway, and consolidate train and bus services at a single site, renovations were undertaken to convert the TH&B station into the Hamilton GO Centre. The new facility, designed by Garwood-Jones & Hanham Architects, opened on April 30, 1996.

...
Wikipedia