Description

Brampton GO Station is a railway station served by GO Transit and Via Rail, located at 27 Church Street West in downtown Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is directly connected to the Downtown Brampton Terminal which serves GO Transit and Brampton Transit buses.HistoryBrampton station opened in 1856 as a part of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) line between Toronto and London. The current station building was built in 1907.The GTR was acquired by the Canadian National Railway (CN) in 1923, then in 1977 CN's passenger rail division was transferred to Via Rail.GO Transit began serving the station in 1974 with the creation of the Georgetown line (now Kitchener Line).A new second platform on the south side of the tracks was built in early 2011 featuring a covered section, improved lighting and security systems as well as an automatic snow melting system. Previously only the north track had been accessible to passenger trains.In July 2014 Metrolinx (GO Transit) purchased the station from CN for $2.5 Million.OverviewThe station is wheelchair accessible and the building houses a waiting room and ticket sales. The train station is connected by a passenger tunnel to the Downtown Brampton Bus Terminal on the south side.

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