Port Credit GO Station

Port Credit
Location 30 Queen Street East
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°33′22″N 79°35′13″W / 43.55611°N 79.58694°W / 43.55611; -79.58694Coordinates: 43°33′22″N 79°35′13″W / 43.55611°N 79.58694°W / 43.55611; -79.58694
Owned by Metrolinx
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Connections
  MiWay
Construction
Structure type Station building
Parking 946 spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GO Transit: PCGO
Fare zone 11
History
Opened 1967
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station
toward Aldershot or Hamilton
Lakeshore West
Lakeshore West
Niagara branch

Port Credit GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in the Port Credit neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario in Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore West line train service.

History

The GTR station in 1912

The Great Western Railway opened the first railway station in Port Credit in 1855 at Stavebank Road, just west of the current GO Transit facility. That station burned to the ground[1] and was replaced by Canadian National closer to the location of the current station, which opened in 1967 when GO Train service began on the Lakeshore West line.[2] The Great Western Railway was purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway, which was absorbed into the Canadian National Railway in 1920.

Local bus service

The station is served by MiWay[3] (formerly Mississauga Transit) routes:

Mobility hub

Port Credit GO has been identified by Metrolinx as a transportation mobility hub,[4][5] where different forms of transportation come together, serving as the origin, destination or transfer point for a significant amount of trips. It also is a concentrated point of employment, housing, and recreation, making them places of significant economic development and activity where office buildings, hospitals, educational institutions, government service and information centres, shopping malls and restaurants can be located.[6]

References

  1. "Port Credit Station (Great Western Railway)". Railways in Mississauga. Heritage Mississauga. Retrieved May 2013.
  2. "Service begins on the Lakeshore Line". GO Transit's Lakeshore Line. Transit Toronto. Retrieved May 2013.
  3. "Port Credit GO Terminal Stops" (PDF). Terminal & Station Maps. City of Mississauga. 17 November 2014. Retrieved March 2015.
  4. "Port Credit GO Mobility Hub". Metrolinx. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  5. "Port Credit GO Mobility Hub Profile" (PDF). Metrolinx. September 19, 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  6. "Metrolinx Mobility Hubs". Metrolinx. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

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