St. Catharines station

Railway station in Ontario, Canada

St. Catharines

General information
Location| 5 Great Western Street
St. Catharines, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates| 43°08′52″N 79°15′23″W﻿ / ﻿43.14778°N 79.25639°W﻿ / 43.14778; -79.25639
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Niagara Region Transit
Construction
Structure type| Unstaffed station
Parking| Yes
Bicycle facilities| Covered bicycle rack
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code|

* GO Transit: SCTH
* Via Rail: SCAT
* Amtrak: SCA

Fare zone| 83 (GO Transit)
History
Opened| 1917
Rebuilt| 1988, 1994
Passengers
Apr–Jul 2019| 15 per day[1] 7.3% (GO Transit)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Via Rail | Following station

|
|

Grimsby

toward Toronto

|  | Maple Leaf |  | Niagara Falls, Ontario

toward New York

Preceding station  |  GO Transit | Following station
West Harbour

towards Union Station

|  | Lakeshore West

(peak express)

|  | Niagara Falls

Terminus

| Lakeshore West

(off-peak express)

Former services

| Preceding station  | Canadian National Railway | Following station

|
|

Jordan

toward Toronto

|  | Niagara Falls – Toronto
Local stops |  | Merritton

toward Suspension Bridge

Heritage Railway Station (Canada)

Official name| VIA Rail Station
Designated| 1994
Reference no.| 4625

Location

St. Catharines station is a railway station in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is served by the Maple Leaf train between Toronto and New York City and is a stop on the Lakeshore West line of GO Transit. The station is a designated Heritage Railway Station.[2]

## History

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St Catharines Via Rail station

The single level pavilion-style station was built and opened in 1917 by the Grand Trunk Railway and acquired by CN Rail in 1923 who used it for passenger service. Via Rail gained ownership in 1986[3] It is the third station to be built on the site, first in 1853 by Great Western Railway and then 1898 by Grand Trunk.[3] It was renovated in 1988 and 1994, but neither changed the appearance of the structure.

The station was formerly staffed by Via Rail, but the ticket agent was replaced by an automated kiosk in October 2012.[4] A similar station was also built in Berlin, New Hampshire around the same time in 1917.

## Service

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As of May 2024, GO Transit operates three daily round trips on the Lakeshore West regional rail service between Toronto and Niagara Falls.[5]

On weekdays, GO Transit bus route 11 connects St. Catharines station to Hamilton West Harbour, Hamilton Centre and Aldershot stations, as well as Brock University.[5]

Via Rail and Amtrak jointly operate a single daily round trip on the Maple Leaf train service between Toronto and New York City.

## References

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1. ^ "Metrolinx releases updated GO Transit ridership map – System sees almost five per cent bump in GO train boardings". Metrolinx. September 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
2. ^ "The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Ontario". Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Ontario. Parks Canada. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
3. ^ a b Anne M. de Fort-Menares. "St. Catharines, Ontario". Railway Station Report. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
4. ^ St. Catharines Standard:Last commuter train to St. Catharines
5. ^ a b "Niagara Falls/Toronto GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. Retrieved May 7, 2024.

## External links

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* Media related to St. Catharines station at Wikimedia Commons
* Via Rail station page for St. Catharines station
* GO Transit station page for St. Catharines station

* St. Catharines – Amtrak
* St. Catharines – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
* St. Catharines Via Rail Station (at TrainWeb.org)

City of St. Catharines

Transportation|

* Burgoyne Bridge
* Bruce Trail
* Garden City Skyway
* Great Western Railway (defunct)
* Laura Secord Legacy Trail
* Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (defunct)
* Ontario Highway 8
* Ontario Highway 406
* Queen Elizabeth Way
* St. Catharines station
* Waterfront Trail
* Welland Canal

Communities|

* Downtown St. Catharines
* Grantham Township
* Merritton
* Port Dalhousie

Places|

* Armoury
* St. Catharines Library
* British Methodist Episcopal Church
* Brown Homestead
* Congregation B'nai Israel
* Hotel Dieu Shaver
* Kilt and Clover
* Lakeside Park Carousel
* Merritton Tunnel
* Morningstar Mill
* Montebello Park
* Pen Centre
* Shickluna Shipyard
* St. Catharines General Hospital
* Welland House Hotel

Education|

* Brock University
* Denis Morris Catholic High School
* District School Board of Niagara
* DSBN Academy
* Eden High School
* Governor Simcoe Secondary School
* Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School
* Laura Secord Secondary School
* Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine campus
* Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
* St. Francis Catholic Secondary School
* St. Catharines Collegiate

Sports|

* Niagara IceDogs
* Meridian Centre
* Garden City Arena Complex (defunct)

* v
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GO Transit

Lakeshore West line|

* Union Station
* Exhibition
* Park Lawn †
* Mimico
* Long Branch
* Port Credit
* Clarkson
* Oakville
* Bronte
* Appleby
* Burlington
* Aldershot
* Hamilton
* West Harbour
* Confederation †
* Grimsby †
* St. Catharines
* Niagara Falls

Milton line|

* Union Station
* Kipling
* Dixie
* Cooksville
* Erindale
* Streetsville
* Meadowvale
* Lisgar
* Milton

Kitchener line|

* Union Station
* King–Liberty †
* Bloor
* St. Clair–Old Weston †
* Mount Dennis †
* Weston
* Etobicoke North
* Woodbine †
* Malton
* Bramalea
* Brampton
* Mount Pleasant
* Georgetown
* Acton
* Guelph
* Breslau †
* Kitchener
* Kitchener Central †

Barrie line|

* Union Station
* Spadina–Front †
* Bloor–Lansdowne †
* Caledonia †
* Downsview Park
* Rutherford
* Maple
* Kirby †
* King City
* Aurora
* Mulock †
* Newmarket
* East Gwillimbury
* Bradford
* Innisfil †
* Barrie South
* Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line|

* Union Station
* Oriole
* Old Cummer
* Langstaff
* Richmond Hill
* Gormley
* Bloomington

Stouffville line|

* Union Station
* East Harbour †
* Kennedy
* Agincourt
* Finch–Kennedy †
* Milliken
* Unionville
* Centennial
* Markham
* Mount Joy
* Stouffville
* Old Elm

Lakeshore East line|

* Union Station
* East Harbour †
* Danforth
* Scarborough
* Eglinton
* Guildwood
* Rouge Hill
* Pickering
* Ajax
* Whitby
* Oshawa
* Thornton's Corners East †
* Ritson Road †
* Courtice †
* Bowmanville †

Union Pearson Express|

* Union Station
* Bloor
* Mount Dennis †
* Weston
* Woodbine †
* Pearson Airport

Former or proposed
station sites|

* Lawrence–Kennedy
* York University

Bus terminals|

* Bramalea
* Brampton
* Cornell
* Finch
* Highway 407
* Kipling
* McMaster University
* Richmond Hill Centre
* Scarborough Centre
* Square One
* Union Station
* University of Waterloo
* York Mills
* Yorkdale

Miscellaneous|

* History
* Fares
* Rail services
* Bus services
* Fleet
* Expansion
* GO-ALRT

See also|

* Metrolinx
* Presto card
* SmartTrack
* The Big Move

† and italics denotes a future station

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Amtrak stations in Canada

British Columbia|

* Vancouver

Ontario|

* Aldershot
* Grimsby
* Niagara Falls
* Oakville
* St. Catharines
* Toronto

Quebec|

* Montreal
* Saint-Lambert

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