A Lakeshore West line GO Transit train westbound past Exhibition in Toronto
Overview
Owner
Metrolinx Canadian National Railway Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Locale
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Niagara Region
Stations
15 (plus 1 under construction)
Service
Type
Commuter rail
System
GO Transit rail services
Operator(s)
GO Transit
Daily ridership
33,500 (2019)[1]
History
Opened
May 23, 1967 (1967-05-23)
Technical
Line length
132 km (82 mi)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
153 km/h (95 mph)[2] (speed limit)
150 km/h (93 mph)[3] (locomotive max)
Route map
Legend
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Union
North Bathurst Yard
3.2
Exhibition
8.2
Humber River
9.2
Gardiner Expressway
10.8
Mimico
Willowbrook Yard
15.4
Long Branch
Etobicoke Creek
Toronto
Peel Region
20.6
Port Credit
21.2
Credit River
26.9
Clarkson
Peel Region
Halton Region
34.4
Oakville
Sixteen Mile Creek
39.8
Bronte
41.5
Bronte Creek
44.9
Appleby
51.5
Burlington
52.5
Burlington Junction
Queen Elizabeth Way
55.7
Aldershot
Halton Region
Hamilton
59.9
Hamilton Junction
60.0
Desjardins Canal
Hunter Street tunnel
63.2
Hamilton GO Centre
Hamilton Yard
63.1
West Harbour
72.3
Confederation
Hamilton
Niagara Region
86.3
Grimsby GO
89.5
Grimsby
Jordan Harbour
114.6
St. Catharines
Twelve Mile Creek
Highway 406
Welland Canal
Niagara Escarpment
Queen Elizabeth Way
132.6
Niagara Falls
Amtrak Maple Leaf
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Lakeshore West line
Lakeshore West is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Hamilton, along the shore of Lake Ontario. Some train trips extend past Hamilton to St. Catharines and Niagara Falls.
^"Ridership Performance" (PDF). Metrolinx. September 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
^"Railway Investigation". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. June 10, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^"Quick Facts: GO Trains (Sept 2012)" (PDF). GO Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
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