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Whitby GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network[1] in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore East line and was the eastern terminus of the dedicated GO Transit right-of-way until those tracks were extended to Oshawa in 1995. There are connections by GO Bus northward to Port Perry and Beaverton, and local Durham Region Transit routes within Whitby.

Whitby
General information
Location	1350 Brock Street South Whitby, Ontario[1]
Coordinates	43°51′54″N 78°56′17″W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Durham Region Transit   Megabus
Construction
Parking	2,958 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: WH
Fare zone	93[1]
History
Opened	December 4, 1988 (1988-12-04)
Passengers
2018	1,000,000[2]
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station Ajax towards Union Station Lakeshore East Oshawa Terminus Lakeshore East (planned expansion) Thornton's Corners towards Bowmanville

Station layout

The station is west of Brock Street on the south side of Highway 401.[1] The main station building and bus terminal are on the north side of the railway with the island train platform between the two GO Train tracks connected by tunnels. Facilities inside the station building include the ticket agent, waiting room, and public washroom. The bus loop is north-east of the building, and the passenger pick-up/drop-off area is directly in front.

There are about three thousand parking spaces available, and carpool parking is permitted. The majority of the parking, including a multi-storey parking structure,[3] is on the south side across the CN freight tracks and can be reached by a pedestrian bridge.[4]

History

The Whitby Junction Station was built by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903, at the foot of Byron Street near where the current GO Station is. It closed in 1969, and in 1971 the building was moved; first to the north-east corner of Victoria Street and Henry Street for use as an art gallery, and then in 2005 relocated across the street into Whitby Iroquois Park at the north-west corner of the intersection.[5]

The southerly terminus of the Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Railway was at the harbour in Whitby, and that line linked with the Grand Trunk Railway a short distance east of the station.[6]

Connecting buses

GO Bus

• 81 - Port Perry/Whitby Bus[7]
• 90 - Lakeshore East Bus
• 96 - Oshawa/Finch Express Bus[8]

Durham Region Transit

• 302 Baldwin-Brock
• 905 Thickson
• 917 Bayly-Consumers
• 392 Whitby

Long-distance buses

• Megabus: Toronto - Montreal[9]

References

External links

• GO Transit station page for Whitby GO Station

• Media related to Whitby GO Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Whitby Junction Station at Wikimedia Commons

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