West Harbour GO Station update (video)



While debate rages on about the future of transit within Hamilton, slowly but surely the West Harbour GO Station (On James Street North across from Liuna Station) is about to make it easier to travel in and out of the city.

For a little over a year now, the station has had two regular trains to and from Toronto's Union station. Currently the existing trains depart West Harbour Go at 06:09 AM and 06:39 AM arriving in Toronto at 07:20 AM and 07:50 AM respectively. The return trains leave Toronto at 4:00 PM and 5:15 PM arriving back at West Harbour at 5:12 PM and 6:27 PM respectively. In spite of the scant schedule, ridership has been increasing steadily on these trains. While these train times may not be the most convenient for all riders, things are likely to improve in the not so distant future.

It appears that final stages of station construction are almost complete. The GO Transit website indicates that the following are complete and open for public use:
  • Station building – including washrooms, ticket booth, TVM machines, PRESTO Machines 
  • North track 
  • Landscaped plaza 
  • Surface-level parking 
  • Kiss & Ride 
  • Pedestrian bridge from Bay St. 
  • Bus loop 
  • Pedestrian pathways 






The station features entrances accessible from James North, MacNab and Bay Street via 3 separate stairway/elevators. The station's parking includes about 50 spots that are open currently and an additional 200-250 spots located below the current parking deck and further parking accessible from Stuart Street. The station is fully equipped to eventually handle the 2 separate tracks, but as noted above, currently only one is in service.

Work will continue on the south track in 2017.  The site notes that the parking structure is now complete, however, the structure will be closed over the winter months to reduce maintenance so we'll probably see those parking facilities opening soon.  Hopefully soon, we'll see more frequent service to and from the station.
Location: West Harbour GO Station, 1H4, 353 James St N, Hamilton, ON L8L, Canada

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