More GO train service coming to Hamilton's West Harbour, including trips to Niagara Region

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A way upgrade means trains from Niagara Falls and St. Catharines nary longer person to backmost successful and retired of the station, shaving astir 15 minutes disconnected question clip to Toronto, says proscription minister.

Trains to and from Niagara volition soon halt astatine the north-end station, adding 32 trips a week

Samantha Beattie · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 3:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

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Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria, acold right, was joined by MPPs Neil Lumsden, Monica Ciriello and Donna Skelly, acold left, astatine West Harbour GO presumption successful Hamilton connected April 9, 2025. (Samantha Beattie/CBC)

More trains volition soon carry passengers between Hamilton's West Harbour GO presumption and both Toronto and Niagara Falls, Ontario's transportation curate announced Wednesday.

The state precocious completed way enactment to link West Harbour to the main Lakeshore West obstruction line, making it a regular halt for each trains headed to and from the Niagara region, said Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria.

That means the north-end presumption volition soon spot 32 trips added to its docket each week, astir 4 more a day, connected average. 

Currently, trains tally hourly from West Harbour and lone to Toronto. 

"Today it is my pleasance to people a large milestone for those who thrust the Lakeshore West line," Sarkaria told reporters extracurricular West Harbour Wednesday morning.

"It volition importantly amended convenience and question options betwixt the Niagara Region and Hamilton." 

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The Lakeshore West Line runs from Union Station to Niagara Falls. (Metrolinx)

The way upgrade besides means trains from Niagara Falls and St. Catharines nary longer person to backmost successful and retired of the station, shaving astir 15 minutes disconnected their question clip to Toronto, the curate said. 

Confederation GO to unfastened this year

The way work will besides "pave the mode for the aboriginal expansion" of the Confederation GO presumption successful eastbound Hamilton to the Lakeshore West line, said MPP Monica Ciriello, recently elected in Hamilton Mountain. 

That caller presumption is connected way to unfastened this year, arsenic promised by Premier Doug Ford successful 2022, said Sarkaria.

"We've made large advancement connected Confederation," helium said. 

Metrolinx has faced challenges expanding GO bid work successful the Hamilton country arsenic Canadian National Railway (CN) controls astir of the tracks. 

It took 10 years for West Harbour to spot all-day service, erstwhile it rolled retired successful 2021. For a time, trains departed West Harbour for Toronto each 30 minutes connected weekdays, but was cutback to hourly successful 2022. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Samantha Beattie is simply a newsman for CBC Hamilton. She has besides worked for CBC Toronto and arsenic a Senior Reporter astatine HuffPost Canada. Before that, she dived into section authorities arsenic a Toronto Star newsman covering metropolis hall.

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