Barrie South GO Station explained

Barrie South
Style:GO Transit
Address:833 Yonge Street, Barrie
Country:Ontario, Canada
Coordinates:44.3511°N -79.6275°W
Other: Barrie Transit
Structure:Brick station building
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:single track
Bus Stands:8 bus bays
Parking:623 spaces
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:17 December 2007
Accessible:Yes
Zone:68

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New GO station is ready to go. McInroy. Ian. 21 January 2012. Barrie Examiner. 2012-01-27.
  2. Web site: A 'wonderful' year for GO user. Blenkhorn. Leigh. Barrie Advance. 18 December 2008. 2008-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20081221133242/http://www.barrieadvance.com/barrieadvance/article/125203. 2008-12-21.
  3. Web site: Bradford Line - Barrie South GO Station. GO Transit. 2007-07-20.
  4. Web site: New GO stations . . 2007-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071012185652/http://gotransit.com/PUBLIC/news/New_stations/newstations.htm . 2007-10-12 . dead .
  5. Web site: GO Transit Extends Rail Service to the City of Barrie. Transport Canada. 2007-12-16. 2007-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20071218085831/http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/nat/2007/07-h243e.htm. 18 December 2007 . live.
  6. Web site: Barrie Line Schedule - table 65. 29 June 2019. GO Transit. July 21, 2019. 21 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190721225927/https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS29062019/Table65_BR.pdf. dead.