Owned by Metrolinx Connections York Region Transit Opened 1900 Phone +1 416-869-3200 Platforms in use 1 | Tracks 1 Parking 1725 spaces Province Ontario Owner Metrolinx | |
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Location 121 Wellington Street East
Aurora, Ontario
Canada Structure type Heritage wood frame station building Address L9R 1G7, 121 Wellington St E, Aurora, ON L4G 1X3, Canada Similar Newmarket GO Station, York University GO Station, East Gwillimbury GO Station, King City GO Station, Newmarket Bus Terminal | ||
Aurora go station
Aurora GO Station is a railway station and bus station in the GO Transit network located on Wellington Street East between Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Barrie line train service, and connects with York Region Transit local bus routes, and the GO Express Bus between Newmarket Bus Terminal and Union Station Bus Terminal.
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History
Aurora station opened on 16 May 1853, when steam train service began between Toronto and Machell's Corners, as Aurora was then known, on the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway. The first train was led by the Toronto, the first locomotive built in Canada, completed at the James Good foundry Toronto Locomotive Works on 16 April 1853. The train consist included two boxcars carrying freight, one passenger coach car, and one mixed passenger and baggage car. This first voyage is commemorated by a plaque installed in 1953 at Union Station in Toronto, as well as a steam locomotive bell placed first at Centennial Park in May 1963, which has since been relocated to Aurora station. There is also a plaque placed in a small parkette at the station by the Board of Trade and another placed by the Province of Ontario to remember the event.
The train's arrival at the Wellington Street train station was greeted with cheers from nearly all residents of the community, who had assembled at the station, and the event was celebrated with a fireworks display. Connection to the railway led to prosperity for Aurora, with the development of two hotels, a wagon maker, a brewery, and other businesses. In 1855 the line was completed to Collingwood.
In 1900, Grand Trunk Railway constructed the present building to a standard plan design with a porte-cochère and low profile. The building was designated a provincial heritage building in 1971 and a federal heritage railway station in 1990.
The station building was renovated after GO Transit became the exclusive passenger carrier in 1992.
On August 21, 2012, GO Transit opened a new bus loop to accommodate all GO and York Region Transit bus service at the station.
Services
Aurora station is served by five Barrie Line trains southbound from Barrie to Toronto Union Station in the morning, and seven trains northbound to Barrie in the afternoon. At other times, GO bus route 65 operates every half hour to and from Union station.
On weekends and holidays most trains terminate at Aurora station, with service every 75 minutes to and from Union Station. Three daily trains in each direction cover the full route from Barrie to Toronto, while the remainder have bus connections at Aurora station for stations further north.