January 30, 2012
Ontario completes construction on Barrie Allandale GO Transit station
BARRIE, Ont.
The Ontario government announced Sunday that construction has finished on the Allandale GO Transit railway station in Barrie for commuter service to and from Toronto Union Station.
GO Transit, operated by Metrolinx, is the province’s inter-regional bus and train service centred on Toronto. The Allandale Waterfront GO Station project, completed at a cost of $9.2 million, includes a snowmelt system for the platform, tunnel work and improvements to Gowan Street.
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The station construction itself cost $3.5 million. It includes a side rail platform with heated shelters, an enclosed pedestrian tunnel with ramps and a six-bay bus platform with shelter and parking.
The federal and provincial governments provided $5.5 million through the GO Transit Improvement program while the City of Barrie provided $5.5 million.
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