West Harbour GO Station

West Harbour
Progress on the construction of the station
Location	353 James Street North Hamilton, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°15′59″N 79°51′55″W / 43.26639°N 79.86528°W / 43.26639; -79.86528Coordinates: 43°15′59″N 79°51′55″W / 43.26639°N 79.86528°W / 43.26639; -79.86528
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Hamilton Street Railway
Construction
Parking	300 in multi-storey car park
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	9 July 2015
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station Aldershot toward Union Station Lakeshore West Terminus

West Harbour GO Station is a railway station in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on the Canadian National Railway line through the north end of the city. The station is on GO Transit's Lakeshore West line, and service began on July 9, 2015. The station is expected to be a stop on the A-Line, part of a light rail transit system being planned by Metrolinx.Via Rail service may eventually be provided.

The line is to be double tracked and the new station will be constructed west of James Street North with the platform running under the Bay Street and McNab Street bridges. Construction is estimated to cost $3 million and phase one will be completed by June 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games. Construction of phase two is proposed to begin in August 2015 after the games are over. Details were revealed 31 May 2013 by Ontario's Minister of Transportation.

Metrolinx announced on 28 February 2014 that Kenaidan Contracting of Mississauga had been awarded a $44-million contract to build the station. Work has already begun in clearing the site and the existing railway bed will be lowered so that double-decker trains can pass under bridges and a terraced retaining wall will be built along the steeply sloping south side of the site. Construction of the new station and multi-storey car park structure was expected to start in April 2014.

The neighbouring Hamilton Canadian National Railway Station, on the east side of James Street North at Murray Street, was built between 1929 and 1931.

The property is a National Historic Site and has been designated under the Federal Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act and under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by City of Hamilton By-law 95-115. Portions of the building were protected by the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1999.