Exhibition GO Station

Exhibition

Location

Manitoba Drive,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada

Coordinates

43°38′09″N 79°25′08″W / 43.63583°N 79.41889°WCoordinates: 43°38′09″N 79°25′08″W / 43.63583°N 79.41889°W

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

2 + 2 central bypass tracks

Connections

Exhibition Loop

TTC buses

Construction

Bicycle facilities

Rack

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

GO Transit: EXGO

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station		GO Transit		Following station
Mimico toward Aldershot or Hamilton		Lakeshore West		Union Station Terminus
Port Credit toward Niagara Falls		Lakeshore West Niagara branch		Union Station Terminus

Exhibition GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Lakeshore West line^[1] between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The station is located west of downtown Toronto at Exhibition Place,^[2] an area of convention and exhibition venues, sports facilities, and other entertainment attractions, restaurants and nightclubs. It is also on the south side of Liberty Village, a former industrial area which has been redeveloped into a residential neighbourhood with retail and restaurants.^[3]

Although the station is widely used during the Canadian National Exhibition, other major events and destinations at the Exhibition grounds include, Ricoh Coliseum, National Trade Centre, Medieval Times, Liberty Grand, BMO Field, Ontario Place, Molson Amphitheatre and Honda Indy Toronto.

Transit connections

Directly in front of the station there is a connection with Toronto Transit Commission buses on Dufferin route 29C and at the nearby Exhibition Loop with 511 Bathurst and 509 Harbourfront streetcar lines.

A suggestion has been made to integrate TTC and GO Transit fares so that riders from the adjoining Liberty Village neighbourhood would not have to pay full fare again when transferring between the GO train and TTC services. This would also help to ease rush hour congestion on the 504 King streetcar.^[4]

History

1912 Grand Trunk station at the Dufferin Gates

The original Grand Trunk Railway station consisted of a wooden frame building, located on the south side of the tracks just east of Dufferin Street. The grade separation, which was done between 1910 and 1912, resulted in the demolition of that station since it was necessary to build a retaining wall along the south side of the cutting. New Dufferin Gates were constructed at the entrance to Exhibition Place, with concrete stairs down to two side platforms west of the new bridge over the tracks.^[5] Passenger service continue to operate there until the 1960s.

Work to widen the platforms and add a snowmelt system, an accessible boarding area, and platform canopies began in the fall of 2012 and is expected to be complete in the spring of 2016.^[6]

References

↑ "Exhibition GO Station— TRAIN STATION". GO Transit. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
↑ "Directions & Parking, GO Train". Exhibition Place. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Condo Showdown: Five Liberty Village Units for Under $550,000". Toronto Life. June 11, 2013. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Integrated TTC-GO fare urged for Liberty Village riders". The Globe and Mail. October 23, 2013. Retrieved February 2014. Every other municipality has a deal with GO to do this except the city of Toronto Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Grand Trunk Grade Separation in Toronto" (PDF). Railway Age Gazette. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Modernizing Stations – Exhibition GO Station". GO Transit. Retrieved May 17, 2015.

External links

Media related to Exhibition GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit station page for Exhibition GO Station

GO Transit

Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† Grimsby ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡

Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton

Kitchener line	Union Liberty Village ^† Bloor St Clair ^† Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau ^† Kitchener (Kitchener Central ^†)

Barrie line	Union Spadina ^† Lansdowne ^† Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple Kirby ^† King City Aurora Mulock ^† Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil ^† Barrie South Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington ^†

Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Lawrence East ^† Agincourt Finch East ^† Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville

Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†

Union Pearson Express	Union Bloor Weston Pearson Airport

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

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