Aldershot GO Station

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The Great Western Railway built the first railway station built here, a wooden structure consisting of ticket office, waiting room and freight room. It was originally named Waterdown Station, due to its location on Waterdown Road. The Great Western was purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway, which replaced the station in the early 1900s. In 1912, the Canadian Pacific Railway constructed a rail line from Guelph Junction to Hamilton and built a station in the neighbouring town of Waterdown with the GTR station subsequently renamed after the community of Aldershot, where it is situated. In 1920, the GTR merged into the Canadian National Railway. By the 1950s, passenger travel declined. The station closed in 1978, and was demolished in the 1980s. GO Transit built the current station in 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.wefhs.myhamilton.ca/content/railway-waterdown |title=July 1, 1912: The opening of the railway in Waterdown |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415060715/http://www.wefhs.myhamilton.ca/content/railway-waterdown |publisher=Waterdown-East Flamborough Heritage Society |quote=At the beginning of the project, Waterdown was not even going to be given access to the railway – there was no station planned within the Village. Eventually there were two - Waterdown North near Parkside Drive, and Waterdown South near Dundas Street }}{{cite web |url=https://www.trha.ca/trha/history/stations/aldershot-station/ |title=Aldershot Station |publisher=Toronto Railway Historical Association |access-date=November 6, 2021 }}

Until 2022, the southernmost track at the station was a stub siding only connected to the mainline east of the station. Starting in November 2021, Metrolinx had CN extend this siding {{convert|200|m|abbr=on}} westwards to connect with the mainline and enable increased service west of Aldershot. Work was completed in June 2022.{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/11/05/how-a-new-track-at-aldershot-go-helps-unlock-train-service-into-hamilton/ |title=How a new track at Aldershot GO helps unlock train service into Hamilton |publisher=Metrolinx |date=November 5, 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106000429/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/11/05/how-a-new-track-at-aldershot-go-helps-unlock-train-service-into-hamilton/ | archivedate=November 6, 2021 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/06/28/pocket-track-at-aldershot-station-holds-a-key-that-will-unlock-more-go-train-service-to-hamilton/ |title=Pocket track at Aldershot Station holds a key that will unlock more GO Train service to Hamilton |publisher=Metrolinx |date=June 28, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628143313/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/06/28/pocket-track-at-aldershot-station-holds-a-key-that-will-unlock-more-go-train-service-to-hamilton/ | archivedate=June 28, 2022 |url-status=live }}

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Aldershot is the western terminus of 30-minute service on GO Transit's Lakeshore West line in off-peak hours, with every second train continuing on to West Harbour GO Station and with bus connections available to Hamilton GO Centre and Brantford Bus Terminal. Four trains continue on to Hamilton GO during peak periods.{{cite web |url=https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS07082021/Table01.pdf |title=Table 1-18 Lakeshore West GO Train and Bus Schedule |date=August 7, 2021 |publisher=GO Transit |access-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727121601/https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS07082021/Table01.pdf |url-status=dead }} Three trains go to Niagara Falls and return from Niagara Falls every day.

Aldershot is a stop on Via Rail's Quebec City–Windsor Corridor routes between Toronto and Windsor, and is also served by trains coming westbound from Montreal. It serves as the Via Rail station for Hamilton; Via service to Hamilton CNR Station ended in 1992.

The station is also served by the joint Via–Amtrak Maple Leaf train, connecting Toronto and New York City through Niagara Falls.

Burlington Transit bus routes 4 Central and 87 North Service – Aldershot terminate at this station.{{Cite web |url=https://www.burlingtontransit.ca/en/schedules-and-maps/Schedules.aspx?_mid_=1470 |website=Burlington Transit |title=Schedules |access-date=April 28, 2020}} Hamilton Street Railway bus route 18 Waterdown provides peak hour, weekday service to Waterdown.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/9173AAA4-8FE9-4AA6-82A4-CA710939446D/0/JAN14_Waterdown.pdf |title=Hamilton Street Railway: 18 Waterdown schedule |access-date=2014-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310214443/http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/9173AAA4-8FE9-4AA6-82A4-CA710939446D/0/JAN14_Waterdown.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-10 |url-status=dead }}

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