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Government of Ontario

Metrolinx

GO Transit


Hamilton Centre
(Former TH&B Hunter St. Station)


Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility
625 Victoria Street East

Built to LEED Gold status.

RMF 500,000 sq.ft. $860M opened late 2018. Includes Locomotive Reliability Centre (a.k.a. Diesel Shop) 12 locos,
Car repair shop for 11 coaches, two washing stations, storage for 13 trains of 12 cars (future 22 trains).

653 inside

Interior view.

 


 

Proposed Metrolinx facility at site of former Westinghouse engineering offices plus old buildings above green area)
606 Aberdeen Ave. Hamilton. Note: Light coloured area to right is former TH&B Chatham St. roundhouse.
Note: CPR (former TH&B) Aberdeen Yard is out of camera view at far left bottom.

Metrolinx has acquired (9/2019) a 14.5 acre property that will be the future site of the
Hamilton LRT Operations, Maintenance, and Storage Facility (OMSF).

This new facility replaced the original location at Guelph Junction. Milton July 3/2020. Joseph Bishop

Note: A total of six tracks hold a grand total of 10 trains.

Bramalea station expansion. Control Cab 357 (left) westbound with 12 cars to Kitchener.
318 (right) 10 car train ended here. 6/11/2019

Note abandoned private siding to warehouse (18 doors) of import agent Kuehne & Nagel.

Guelph Junction layover with five tracks each equipped with standby electricity. A.W.Mooney 3/15/1995

 


Aerial Mimico Yard 2009 NEW

Aerial Mimico Yard 3/1985


 

Attractive sign at the main entrance just east of Islington Avenue. August 4, 2010 Joe Pusey

This $17 Million facility began operation in September of 1980.

An official opening ceremony was held on November 7th.

View looking west of GO Willowbrook yard located in a portion of the former CNR Mimico Yard. 8/11/2010
Dave Broughton

This new shop located on the farthest north of property along Judson Street near Royal York Road. It will hold entire trains inside and is primarily intended for new Nippon Sharyo 18 self-propelled DMU's for Toronto Union-Pearson International Airport (Union Pearson Express) service due to begin operating by 2015 for the Pan American Games.
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