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Bramalea GO Station is a GO Transit railway and bus station along the Kitchener line in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1713 Steeles Avenue East, near the community of Bramalea at Steeles Ave. East and Bramalea Road.

Bramalea
Bramalea Go Station after rebuild in 2022
General information
Location	1713 Steeles Avenue Brampton, Ontario
Coordinates	43°42′07″N 79°41′28″W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	Brampton Transit
Construction
Parking	2,150 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: BE
Fare zone	32
Passengers
2018	3300 (daily avg.)[1]  1.1% (GO Transit)
Rank	8th in system, 2nd on Kitchener line
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station Brampton towards Kitchener Kitchener Malton towards Union Station Brampton towards London Kitchener Express Union Station Terminus

Like many other stations on the GO Train network, Bramalea is equipped with parking facilities, elevators for wheelchair access, a station building housing a waiting room and ticket sales, a Ticket Vending Machine, and a bus loop.

In addition to the train service during the weekdays, it also features some train-bus services to/from Union Station and a frequent Highway 407 bus serving Highway 407 Bus Terminal, Square One, Sheridan College (Trafalgar Campus) Oakville, McMaster University, and Hamilton.

Bramalea was previously the western terminus of all-day weekday train service to/from Union Station on the Georgetown line. Midday service was suspended to facilitate construction on the line.

Since midday train service on the Georgetown corridor was first launched in May 2002, GO Transit has hired various contractors to improve the station. First, the station was made wheelchair-accessible by building an additional pedestrian tunnel and a pair of elevators, completed in January 2003. In August of that year, construction began of a new rail platform which was required in order to provide for all-day train service for the station, as the station is located on a busy railway corridor used by Canadian National Railways freight trains bypassing Toronto.

Improvements

To accommodate future increases in ridership, a new 650-space parking lot was opened in June 2005 on the south side of the tracks. GO Transit had also constructed a bus garage at the north-east corner by Steeles Avenue and Bramalea Road. The garage was subsequently removed and replaced with much-needed additional parking spaces in November 2011. A platform extension to allow 12-car trains was completed in early 2017.[2]

To support GO expansion plans for more frequent, reliable service on the Kitchener line, major improvements are planned for completion in 2021[3] including:[4][5]

On September 13, 2021, a new parking garage opened as part of a rehabilitation project at the station. The multi-level garage can hold 2,059 vehicles and features a colour-coded wayfinding system, two elevators, a car counting system and over 100 security cameras. The car counting system will identify which levels have available parking spots distinguishing accessibility from regular spots. Also opening is a new accessible tunnel to access train platforms directly from the station building. The station building has been redesigned with larger windows.[6][7]

Bus service

Bus bay assignments

• 5 – Drop Off area
• 6 – GO Transit Route: 36-B Eastbound
• 6 – GO Transit Route: 31N Westbound
• 7 – GO Transit Route: 31-E,H,L Eastbound
• 7 – GO Transit Route: 31-E,H Westbound
• 8 – GO Transit Routes: 46, 47-A,F Westbound
• 9 – GO Transit Routes: 25F, 46, 47-D,F, 48-B.F Eastbound
• 10 – GO Transit Route: 32-A,B Eastbound
• 10 – GO Transit Route: 32-B Westbound
• 11 – GO Transit Routes: 30, 36-B Westbound
• 12 – Brampton Transit Route: 15 Bramalea Southbound
• 13 – Brampton Transit Routes: 40 Central Industrial, 92 Bramalea GO Shuttle
• 14 – Brampton Transit Routes: 13 Avondale, 16 Southgate
• 15 – Brampton Transit Route: 15/15A Bramalea Northbound
• 16 – GO Transit Routes: 25F, 48-B,F Westbound

References

External links

Media related to Bramalea GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

• GO Transit station page for Bramalea GO Station

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