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{{Short description|Train station in Barrie, Ontario}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = [[File:GO Transit logo.svg|45px]] Allandale Waterfront
| type               = 
| style              = GO Transit
| image              = Allandale Waterfront GO Station 0431.JPG
| image_caption      = 
| address            = 24 Essa Road<br />[[Barrie]], [[Ontario]]<br />L4N 9C8
| coordinates        = {{Coord|44|22|27|N|79|41|16|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line               = [[GO Transit]]
| other              = {{rint|bus|1}} [[File:Barrie_Transit_logo.svg|20px]] [[Barrie Transit]]<br>{{rint|bus|1}}[[Simcoe County LINX]]<br>{{rint|bus|1}} {{rint|ca|ontcbus}} [[Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services|Ontario Northland]]
| structure          = 
| platform           = 1 [[side platform]]<br/>6 [[bus bay]]s
| depth              = 
| levels             = 
| tracks             = 1 + 1 bypass
| parking            = 150
| bicycle            = 
| baggage_check      = 
| passengers         = 
| pass_year          = 
| pass_percent       = 
| pass_system        = 
| opened             = {{start date and age|19 June 1905}}
| closed             = {{end date and age|1980}} (building; reopened 1990-1993)<br/> {{end date and age|1996}} (platform)
| rebuilt            = {{start date and age|2011}}
| electrified        = 
| accessible         = yes
| code               = {{GO Transit code|AD}}
| owned              = [[Metrolinx]]/[[Barrie|City of Barrie]]
| zone               = 69
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=GO Transit|line=Barrie|right=Barrie South}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Canadian National Railway
|line1=North Bay-Toronto|left1=Oro|right1=Craigvale
|line2=Hamilton-Allandale|left2=Vine (Ontario)|Vine
|line3=Penetang-Allandale|left3=Colwell
|line4=Meaford-Allandale|left4=Colwell  
|system5=Via Rail|line5=Canadian|left5=Washago|right5=Newmarket|note-mid5=(originally operated by [[Canadian National Railway|CN]] as the ''[[Super Continental]]'')
|system6=GO Transit|line6=Barrie|right6=Bradford|note-mid6=(1990–1993)
|system7=Ontario Northland Railway|line7=Northlander|left7=Washago|right7=Toronto}}
}}

'''Allandale Waterfront GO Station'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simcoe.com/news/cityhall/article/1002050--station-named-allandale-waterfront |title=Station named Allandale Waterfront |last=Ramsay|first=Janis |date=3 May 2011 |publisher=Simcoe.com |access-date=22 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513002646/http://www.simcoe.com/news/cityhall/article/1002050--station-named-allandale-waterfront|archive-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3115738 |title=Station names a GO |last=Bruton|first=Bob |date=June 2011 |newspaper=The [[Barrie Examiner]] |access-date=22 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140330/http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3115738 |archive-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref> is a train and bus station serving as the northern terminus of [[GO Transit]]'s [[Barrie line]]. The station was built just south of Allandale Station, a historic [[train station]] that occupies a large property on the southern shore of [[Kempenfelt Bay]] ([[Lake Simcoe]]) in the waterfront area of [[Barrie]], [[Ontario]], Canada. The current and former station were built on a burial site of the [[Wyandot people|Huron]] indigenous peoples.

Construction of the new facility began in 2009. GO Transit announced on 15 June 2011 that the station would open in the autumn of 2011,<ref name="heritage">{{cite news
|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1009187--go-expands-barrie-line-with-more-service-new-station?bn=1#article
|title=Go Expands Barrie Line with more service, new station
|first=Cathy
|last=Colebatch
|date=1 October 2009
|access-date=3 November 2009
|newspaper=The Barrie Examiner}}</ref><ref name="five">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1009187--go-expands-barrie-line-with-more-service-new-station|title=GO expands Barrie line with more service, new station|last=Kalinowski|first=Tess|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=15 June 2011|access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> but construction delayed its opening until January 2012. Bus service to the station began on 28 January 2012, with the train service following two days later.<ref name="2012use">{{cite news|url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3444133|title=New GO station is ready to go|last=McInroy|first=Ian|date=21 January 2012|newspaper=[[Barrie Examiner]]|access-date=27 January 2012}}</ref> A ceremonial train trip from Allandale Waterfront GO Station to [[Bradford GO Station]] officially opened the station on 29 January 2012.<ref name="ceremonial">{{cite news|url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3450877|title=GO rolls out free train trip|last=McInroy|first=Ian|newspaper=[[Barrie Examiner]]|date=27 January 2012|access-date=27 January 2012}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:AllandaleStn,ON-2.JPG|thumb|left|Old Allandale Station undergoing renovations in 2012]]
The [[Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Union Railway]] (OS&HUR) first built a station here in 1853. Four historic stations, the last of which still stands on the site near the present station, was built in 1904 and opened by then-operator [[Grand Trunk Railway]] on 19 June 1905.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8884&pid=0|title=HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca|website=www.historicplaces.ca|access-date=2016-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Boos|first=Josephine|title=Allandale Station|publisher=Simcoe County Historical Association|url=http://calendar.county.simcoe.on.ca/partners/newteclib/history/database/0119_3.html|access-date=2008-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192543/http://calendar.county.simcoe.on.ca/partners/newteclib/history/database/0119_3.html|archive-date=2011-07-06|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="JPSmith">{{cite web
|url=http://www.cnr-in-ontario.com/Stations/index.html?http://www.cnr-in-ontario.com/Stations/Allandale.html
|title=CNR Allandale
|first=Jeffrey P.
|last=Smith
|date=28 August 2009
|access-date=3 November 2009
|publisher=CNR in Ontario}}</ref> The station was used by Grand Trunk and later [[Canadian National Railway]] (both of which had trains branching northwards from here to serve either [[North Bay, Ontario|North Bay]] or [[Meaford, Ontario|Meaford]]), [[Ontario Northland]], and [[Via Rail]] until closing in 1980.<ref name="JPSmith"/> However, Ontario Northlands's ''[[Northlander]]'' and Via's [[Canadian (passenger train)|''Canadian'']] continued to stop at the closed station's platform until 1992 and 1996 respectively. In 1990, GO Transit itself reopened it during its first attempt to extend service into Barrie (running one rush hour train per direction), but terminated the service in 1993 due to low ridership. In 1992, during this reopening period, the Northlander was rerouted to the [[CN Bala Subdivision|Bala Subdivision]] east of Lake Simcoe, but the ''Canadian'' served the platform until September 22, 1996, when it was also rerouted. Shortly thereafter, CN lifted the rails between the junction just to the north of the station to Longford, but the branch to the northwest, the former Meaford Subdivision, was retained as a connector to the [[Shortline railroad|shortline]] [[Barrie-Collingwood Railway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/regional/2105.shtml |author=James Bow |work=Transit Toronto |title= GO Transit's Barrie Line |access-date=November 21, 2024}}</ref>

===ACDC===
The Allandale Community Development Corporation or 'ACDC' (with City interests) purchased the buildings and adjacent {{convert|7|acre|m2}} from CNR after train service was discontinued in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allendale Station |url=http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=20760 |website=Urban Explorer |publisher=UER.ca |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> ACDC then sold the station to CHUM Ltd in 2000.

===CHUM ownership===
[[CHUM Ltd.]] purchased the {{convert|6.9|acre|m2}} of land, including the station buildings, for {{CAD|1,050,000|link=yes}} in 2000. CHUM planned to restore the Allandale Station building as part of their plan to develop of a new broadcast centre on the site for their television station, [[CKVR-DT|CKVR]], but changed their plan in 2004. In 2007, CHUM agreed to sell the property to the city for the same amount CHUM originally paid. CHUM received a Charitable Donation tax receipt reflecting the increased value of the property since 2000 largely due to the restoration and site works completed by CHUM.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barrie.ca/Content.cfm?C=5253&SC=1&SCM=1&MI=1450&L1M=41 |title=City Enters in Agreement to Purchase Allandale Station Site |publisher=City of Barrie |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928142800/https://www.barrie.ca/Content.cfm?C=5253&SC=1&SCM=1&MI=1450&L1M=41 |archive-date=September 28, 2008}}</ref>

===Redevelopment===
Construction of the new Allandale Waterfront GO Station (located adjacent to the historic Allandale Station) broke ground in spring 2010 and the station officially opened on 28 January 2012. Redevelopment of the station cost approximately $5 million.<ref name="redevelopment">{{cite news|url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2012/01/10/train-station-tab-picking-up-steam|title=Train station tab picking up steam|last=Bruton|first=Bob|newspaper=[[Barrie Examiner]]|date=11 January 2012|access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref>
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The area of the historic station is currently undergoing two remaining stages of redevelopment: (i) the City of Barrie is undertaking the restoration of the historic station, and (ii) the City of Barrie is undertaking the restoration of Gowan Street, which borders the southern edge of the station lands.  The area is expected to become a new transportation and cultural hub of the city once all the construction is complete. -->

==Archeology==
The Allandale station site is located on a site used by indigenous peoples. Prior to the original railway construction, a large pit of several hundred indigenous peoples' remains was found. Other [[Ossuary|ossuaries]] were found in 1884 and 1889.<ref name="aptn"/>

It was the subject of an archeological excavation, during which objects were recovered from the Uren substage of the Middle Ontario [[Iroquois|Iroquoian]] period.<ref name="HP2" /> It has been dated to the late 12th to early 13th century and was used as a fishing station by the [[Wyandot people|Huron]] people.<ref name="HP2" /> It is the only documented fishing station from the Uren period, and one of few sites of that period to have been discovered.<ref name="HP2" />

The site is regarded by archeologists as a temporary location "for exploitation of local fish resources".<!-- http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/publications/oa-current.php --><ref name="hawkins">{{cite journal|journal=Ontario Archaeology|url=https://www.academia.edu/6121443|title=Seasonality, Mass Capture, and Exploitation of Fish at the Steven Patrick Site, a Uren Period Village near Kempenfelt Bay|last1=Hawkins|first1=Alicia L.|last2=Caley|first2=Erin|volume=92|pages=95–122|year=2012|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref><!-- pages 97-98 --> Numerous fish remains were found in the site's [[midden]], but no [[Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America|longhouses]] were found there.<ref name="hawkins" /><!-- page 98 -->

Analysis of the fish remains indicates that various species were caught for consumption at this site. These include species in the family [[Catostomidae]] (110 [[white sucker]], 23 [[longnose sucker]], and 103 specimens from other genus ''[[Catostomus]]'' species), family [[Percidae]] (34 [[yellow perch]] and 1 [[walleye]]), as well as 12 [[Ictaluridae]], 14 [[largemouth bass]] and 4 [[smallmouth bass]], 5 [[Centrarchidae]], and specimens from several other species.<ref name="hawkins" /><!-- page 109 -->

In 2011, human bone fragment remains were discovered underneath the [[Basement#Crawl space|crawl space]] of the original station's office building at the site during an excavation for an archeological site assessment as part of [[Grading (engineering)|grading]] work for the new train station.<ref name="crawl">{{cite web|url=http://www.barrie.ca/Living/projects/Documents/11784%202011%20Stage%203%20Report.pdf|title=2011 Stage 3 Archaeological Site Assessment of Human Remains within the Crawl Space of the "Office Building" at the Allandale Train Station, Barrie, Ontario|last=Henry|first=Michael B.|publisher=Amick Consultants Limited and City of [[Barrie]]|id=AMICK File #11784-P/MTC File #P058-767-2011|date=27 August 2011|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref><!-- page 3 --> These were later determined to have been in the [[Cut and fill|fill]] used as backfill for the foundation, but were of indeterminate origin.<ref name="crawl" /><!-- page 3 --> An incisor found amongst those remains was interpreted to be part of the Uren archeological material, but data are insufficient to ascertain its ultimate origin.<ref name="crawl" /><!-- page 3 -->

The Huron-Wendat people consider the site to be a disturbed site of indigenous remains which could be an [[ossuary]]. The original train station and yard's construction disturbed the remains and the new station [[Disturbance (archaeology)|disturbed]] them further without proper archaeological study.<ref name="aptn"/> Further, the construction of the GO station did not follow Government of Ontario heritage regulations, which prohibited the disturbance of human remains at a known site.<ref name="aptn"/>

==Heritage station buildings==
The station buildings comprise a federally designated heritage railway station protected by the ''[[Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/clmhc-hsmbc/pat-her/gar-sta/on.aspx |title=The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Ontario |work=Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada |publisher=Parks Canada |access-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514081821/http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/clmhc-hsmbc/pat-her/gar-sta/on.aspx |archive-date=14 May 2014 }}</ref> The [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] structures are near the southwest shore of Kempenfeldt Bay, separated from it by a public park.<ref name="HP">{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=6503|title=Canadian National Railways Allandale Station at Barrie|publisher=[[Parks Canada]]|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="HP2"/> The station complex was originally adjacent to the bay until the land behind the station was [[Infill (construction)|infilled]] and levelled to build a [[rail yard]].<ref name="HP" />

The station complex consists of a station building, an office building, and a restaurant adjacent to each other along the rail line. They have a uniform roof pitch, and form an atypical layout for a railway station.<ref name="HP" /> The low-pitched roof and deep overhanging eaves are indicative of [[Prairie School]] design influence.<ref name="HP2" /> Two of the buildings were designed by the [[Detroit]] firm [[Spier & Rohns]] and built in 1904 by Richard Scruton. The station opened in 1905.<ref name="HP2" />

The interior and exterior features of the buildings are provincially protected under an [[Ontario Heritage Trust]] conservation easement.<ref name="HP2" /> The station building was considered the "flagship of the Grand Trunk" upon its opening.<ref name="HP" />

==Services==
[[File:Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal.jpg|left|thumb|The new Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal under construction in November 2024]]Allandale Waterfront station has a weekday train service consisting of 7 trains southbound to [[Union Station (Toronto)|Union Station]] in the morning, and 7 trains returning northbound from Union Station in the afternoon.  At other times, GO bus route 68 operates hourly to [[Aurora GO Station]] where passengers can transfer to the all-day train service to Toronto.<ref name=2019Schedule>{{cite web |url=https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS29062019/Table65_BR.pdf |title=Barrie Line Schedule - table 65|date=29 June 2019|publisher=GO Transit |access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref>

Weekend train service consists of 5 trains in each direction throughout the day.  GO bus route 68 also operates hourly to [[Aurora GO station]] or [[East Gwillimbury GO station]] where passengers can connect to the hourly weekend train service to Toronto.<ref name=2019Schedule/>

[[Simcoe County LINX]] bus service from [[Wasaga Beach]] serves this station.<ref>[https://www.simcoe.ca/Transit/Pages/Routes-Schedule.aspx#ui-id-3 Routes/Schedule: Route 2 - Wasaga Beach to Barrie]</ref>

Intercity services using the [[Barrie Bus Terminal]] are slated to move to the ''Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.barrie.ca/planning-building-infrastructure/current-projects/municipal-infrastructure-projects/barrie-allandale-transit-terminal-downtown-mini-hub | title=Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal & Downtown Mini Hub &#124; City of Barrie | date=17 February 2024 }}</ref> which is being built adjacent to the GO station.{{clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="aptn">{{cite news |work=APTN News |url=http://aptnnews.ca/2016/03/09/buried-souls-how-ontario-bulldozed-through-a-rare-huron-wendat-burial-site-in-barrie/ |title=Buried Souls: How Ontario bulldozed through a rare Huron-Wendat burial site in Barrie |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="HP2">{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8884 |title=Allandale CNR Station|publisher=[[Parks Canada]]|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
{{GO Station|00359}}
*[http://www.barrie.ca/LIVING/PROJECTS/Pages/AllandaleTrainStation.aspx Allandale Station Lands] at City of [[Barrie]]
*{{cite news|url=http://aptn.ca/news/2016/03/09/buried-souls-how-ontario-bulldozed-through-a-rare-huron-wendat-burial-site-in-barrie/|title=Buried Souls: How Ontario bulldozed through a rare Huron-Wendat burial site in Barrie|last=Jackson|first=Kenneth|publisher=[[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network]]|date=9 March 2016|access-date=3 December 2016}}
*{{cite news|url=http://aptn.ca/news/2016/03/11/archaeologist-says-guts-churning-knowing-land-he-cleared-for-go-transit-to-bulldoze-is-huron-wendat-burial-site/|title=Archaeologist says 'guts churning' knowing land he cleared for GO Transit to bulldoze is Huron-Wendat burial site|last=Jackson|first=Kenneth|publisher=[[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network]]|date=11 March 2016|access-date=3 December 2016}}
*{{cite web|url=http://aptn.ca/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/03/14-Summary-of-Archaeological-Burial-Investigations-Allandale-Station-Lands-Barrie-27JAN15-2.pdf|title=Summary of Archaeological and Human Burial Assessments, Allandale Station Lands, City of Barrie|last=MacDonald|first=Robert|publisher=Archaeological Services Inc.|date=27 January 2015|access-date=3 December 2016}}<!-- from Aboriginal Peoples Television Network -->

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