Owned by Via Rail and Metrolinx Bus stands 11 bus bays Phone +1 888-842-7245 Connection Durham Region Transit | Tracks 5 (2 GO and 3 VIA) Connections Durham Region Transit Province Ontario Owners Via Rail, Metrolinx | |
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Location 915 Bloor Street West
Oshawa, Ontario Platforms 1 island platform for GO Train
1 island and 1 side for Via Rail Address 915 Bloor St W, Oshawa, ON L1J 7E2, Canada Similar Pickering GO Station, Aldershot GO Station, Union Station, Ajax GO Station, Guildwood GO Station | ||
Go train departing oshawa go station
Oshawa railway station serves GO Transit commuter trains and buses and Via Rail trains running from Toronto to Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal. Local Durham Region Transit bus routes connect to the station. It is located in southwestern part of the City of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, with easy access to Highway 401.
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History
The Grand Trunk Railway between Montreal and Toronto was completed in 1856 and the first Oshawa station was located just east of Simcoe Street South. In 1923 the company was absorbed by the Canadian National Railway who, in the 1960s, built the current station 2.7 km farther west at Thornton Road South. The building was expanded and upgraded by Via Rail in the early 1990s and GO Transit's Lakeshore East line was extended to there in 1995.
Via Rail
The station is regularly served by intercity trains on the "Corridor" routes between Toronto and Montreal or Ottawa. In 2009 Via Rail announced the planned construction of a new fully accessible station adjacent to the existing building as part of major improvements to the Kingston Subdivision, the main line between Toronto and Dorval.
GO Transit
Oshawa is the eastern terminus of GO's Lakeshore East line train service, operating in its own dedicated trackage east of Pickering.
There are GO bus connections serving Courtice, Bowmanville, Newcastle and Peterborough to the east, and to the west, serving Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Scarborough and Toronto, via Highway 2 and/or Highway 401.
GO Transit plans to cease services to the station when it extends services to Bowmanville, replacing it with three new stations (with plans for a future potential fourth station). This would remove the connection between GO Transit and Via services.
Durham Region Transit
Durham Region Transit serves the city of Oshawa and surrounding cities such as Whitby, Port Perry, Ajax, Pickering, Clarington, etc.
DRT tickets, passes, and transfers are accepted on GO buses operating within Durham Region, allowing riders to freely transfer between DRT and GO buses to complete a trip within the region. DRT also has in place a co-fare (reduced fare) system for riders transferring from GO Trains.