Content deleted Content added
→History: unclear, as Albert Street stops on both sides of the tracks - the northern end of Albert Street is generally considered to be a long way north of the tracks. Note, the southern portion of Albert Street was called Station Street, but that seems like original reseach without a reference about the renaming |
No edit summary |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 23:
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
|
| code = {{GO Transit code|OS}}
| owned = [[Via Rail]] and [[Metrolinx]]
Line 37:
|line2=Aldershot-Montreal|left2=Guildwood|right2=Cobourg
|system3=GO Transit
|line3=Lakeshore East|left3=Whitby
|line4=Lakeshore East|left4=Whitby|right4=Thornton's Corners East |type4=Bowmanville planned expansion
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
Line 60 ⟶ 62:
==History==
[[File:Oshawa old CNR station.jpg|thumb|Old CNR station]]
The [[Grand Trunk Railway]] between Montreal and Toronto was completed in 1856<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnr-in-ontario.com/Subdivisions/Oshawa.html|title=CNR Oshawa Subdivision|author=Jeffrey P. Smith|access-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref> and the first Oshawa station was where Albert Street met the GTR tracks.
On November 24, 2017, the modernization of the Oshawa GO Station was completed and opened to the public. It was announced two years earlier as a joint project between Via Rail and [[Metrolinx]], the province's public transit agency.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNaughton |first=Graeme |title=New train station on the way |url=https://oshawaexpress.ca/new-train-station-on-the-way-2/ |publisher=Oshawa Express}}</ref> The {{CAD|14 million|link=yes}} projects included upgrades to the modern ticketing counter, a waiting area with bigger public washrooms, and a pedestrian bridge to the Via platform which made it easier for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists to access the station.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Oshawa GO VIA station opens doors this weekend and paves way for future extension |url=https://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/105887 |access-date=25 October 2019 |work=Durham Radio News}}</ref>
| |||
