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{{Short description|Commuter rail line in Ontario, Canada}}
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'''Barrie''' is one of the [[GO Transit rail services|seven commuter lines]] of the [[GO Transit]] system in the [[Greater Toronto Area|Greater Toronto Area, Ontario]], Canada. It extends from [[Union Station (Toronto)|Union Station]] in [[Toronto]] in a generally northward direction to [[Barrie]], and includes ten stations along its {{convert|101.4|km|mi|1}} route.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2010|p=57}} From 1982 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2007, it was known as the Bradford line, named after its former terminus at [[Bradford GO Station]] until the opening of [[Barrie South GO Station]].

The Barrie line runs on the former [[Northern Railway of Canada]] route. This is the oldest operating railway line in Ontario, with passenger service beginning in 1853.{{sfn|Town of Aurora}}

==History==
In 1852, construction began on the [[Northern Railway of Canada|Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway]], which would run from Toronto to [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]].{{sfn|Milland|2009}} The line opened on May 16, 1853, when passenger train service began operating between Toronto and [[Aurora, Ontario|Aurora]] (then Machell's Corners).{{sfn|Town of Aurora}} On October 11, 1853, service was extended to Allandale, then opposite Barrie on the south shore of [[Kempenfelt Bay]].{{sfn|Smith}}

In 1888, the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] took over operation of the line.{{sfn|Town of Aurora}} In 1923, the bankrupt Grand Trunk Railway was merged into the [[Canadian National Railway]] (CNR) network.

===Commuter service planning===
In 1968, [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] [[William Hodgson (Canadian politician)|William Hodgson]] introduced a [[private member's bill]] to [[Motion (parliamentary procedure)|move]] that the [[government of Ontario]] establish GO Transit services north of [[Metro Toronto]].{{sfn|The Era|1968|p=1}} That year, a community group known as the GO North Committee distributed "GO North" stickers for motorists to adhere to their automobile's [[windshield]] to advocate for GO Transit commuter rail service north of Toronto.{{sfn|Lade|1968|p=1}}

Planning for commuter services resulted in the establishment of the [[Newmarket Bus Terminal]] by 1970, from which commuters would be taken to the [[Richmond Hill GO Station]] to commute to Toronto.{{sfn|The Era|1969|p=1}}

John Crawford Medcof, operating a company named Railroad Boosters<!-- dba name, officially named Asphodel Enterprises Ltd. -->, rented a train for one-day service between Barrie and Toronto on 16 October 1969,{{sfn|Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees|1973}}{{sfn|The Era|June 1970|p=29}} earning a profit.{{sfn|Ottawa Citizen|1971|p=21}} He gave the proceeds to the [[government of Ontario]] to support a north GO train service promised by [[John Robarts]] in late 1969, but asked for the government to return the money when the provincial government announced it would not establish a [[Richmond Hill line]] service in 1970.{{sfn|The Era|1970|p=2}}{{sfn|The Era|June 1970|p=29}} He applied for a grant of {{currency|97200|CAD}} from the [[Government of Canada|federal government]] to operate a commuter train for twelve weeks,<!-- source incorrectly states 3 months but correctly states costs per week of $8000 for the train and $100 for a supervisor: 8100x12 = 97200 --> with one train leaving Barrie in the morning for Toronto, and a return trip at night.{{sfn|Ottawa Citizen|1971|p=21}} The grant was approved per the government's local initiatives program in December 1971.{{sfn|Ottawa Citizen|1971|p=21}} The train was operated by Canadian National Railways, and charged the same fares as those for the GO Transit bus service.{{sfn|Ottawa Citizen|1971|p=21}} Another trial commuter service from Barrie to Toronto was operated in late 1972, carrying 13,483 passengers.{{sfn|The Era|1973|p=2a}}

In 1973, the [[Canadian Transport Commission]] held a [[Hearing (law)|public hearing]] at [[Georgian College]]{{sfn|The Era|1973|p=2a}} during which its three-member committee heard presentations from Medcof and councillors from all "municipalities between Toronto and Barrie".{{sfn|The Era|1973|p=5}} All presentations favoured the creation of commuter train service between the two cities, including that of [[York—Simcoe (federal electoral district)|York—Simcoe]] MP [[Sinclair Stevens]].{{sfn|The Era|1973|p=5}}

On April 1, 1972, CN introduced commuter service from Barrie to Toronto, as required by the [[Canadian Transport Commission]].  The service was transferred to [[Via Rail]] in 1978.{{sfn|Garcia|Bow}} As a result of federal government financial cutbacks to Via Rail, the service was transferred to the provincial government and integrated into the GO Transit network on September 7, 1982, but service only extended to Bradford.{{sfn|Garcia|Bow}} On September 17, 1990, the line was extended to Barrie, but was again cut back to Bradford on July 5, 1993.

===Pre-2012 peak service expansion===
On September 8, 1998, GO Transit added a second daily round trip to the line.{{sfn|Garcia|Bow}} In the early 2000s, GO Transit opened three new stations on the line: Rutherford on January 7, 2001;{{sfn|Garcia|Bow}} [[York University]] on September 6, 2002;{{sfn|Ministry of Transportation|2002}} and East Gwillimbury on November 1, 2004.{{sfn|Canada Newswire|2004}} By the end of 2005, the number of daily trains on the line had doubled again to four in each direction.{{sfn|GO Transit|2005}}

In 2006, GO Transit built a bridge at the Snider diamond,{{sfn|GO Transit|2006}} which is the junction between the Barrie Line and [[Canadian National Railway|Canadian National]]'s primary east–west freight line, the [[CN York Subdivision|York Subdivision]]. Since CN controlled both corridors, the passage of passenger trains over the diamond was often delayed by freight trains passing through the intersection. Constructing the bridge and associated trackage resulted in a [[grade separation]] of the two lines, eliminating such delays. Construction of the bridge began in February 2006, and the bridge was opened in December 2006. The entire project was completed in June 2007.{{sfn|GO Transit|2007}}

On December 17, 2007, the Bradford Line was extended to the new Barrie South GO Station and was renamed the "Barrie Line".{{sfn|GO Transit: New stations}}  Construction had begun on February 2, 2007, to construct the new Barrie South station, a new layover facility and new tracks, signals and crossings along the existing {{convert|20|km|mi|0}} railway corridor. The project cost $25 million, funded by two thirds by the federal and provincial governments, and one third by the City of Barrie.{{sfn|City of Barrie|2007}}

On December 15, 2009, Metrolinx purchased the portion of the [[CN Newmarket Subdivision|Newmarket Subdivision]] within the City of Toronto from CN for $68 million. The Barrie line trackage, from Union Station to Barrie, is now fully owned by Metrolinx. As part of the agreement, the Canadian National Railway continues to serve five freight customers located on the Newmarket subdivision between Highway 401 and the CN York Subdivision.

On January 30, 2012, the Barrie line was extended north to the newly constructed [[Allandale Waterfront GO Station]].{{sfn|Mackenzie|2012}}

===Off-peak service and further expansion===
In the summer of 2012, a pilot train service was introduced on weekends and holidays between June and September.{{sfn|GO Transit: Seasonal service|2012}} Two trains in each direction completed the entire route, while an additional four trains ran between Union Station and [[East Gwillimbury GO station]].{{sfn|GO Transit|2012}} The summer service cost {{currency|520,000|CAD}} to operate, including train crews, safety and enforcement, station staffing and fuel.{{sfn|Bruton|2013}} Bidirectional weekend service was offered again in summer 2013, with four trains in each direction covering the entire route from Toronto to Barrie, making all stops and having a bus connection at [[Rutherford GO Station]] for non-stop service to [[Canada's Wonderland]].{{sfn|Bruton|2013}}{{sfn|GO Transit: Barrie Seasonal Service|2013}} It cost {{currency|400,000|CAD}} to operate.{{sfn|Bruton|2013}} For the summers of 2014, 2015 and 2016, the same train service was provided, but without non-stop buses to Canada's Wonderland, requiring those passengers to transfer instead to [[York Region Transit]] local bus service at [[Maple GO Station]].{{sfn|GO Transit|2014}}

On December 31, 2016, year-round weekend train service was introduced with service every 75 minutes in both directions between Toronto and Aurora, including three daily trains per direction covering the full route between Toronto and Barrie.{{sfn|Government of Ontario|2016}}

On December 30, 2017, the {{stl|TTC|Downsview Park}} GO Station (an intermodal station intersecting with the [[Toronto Transit Commission]]'s (TTC) new [[Line 1 Yonge-University]] [[Line 1 Yonge-University#Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension|subway extension]]) opened, and service to York University station was correspondingly reduced to peak hours only.{{sfn|Toronto Transit Commission|2010}}{{sfn|Metrolinx|2010}} At the same time, the Barrie line's weekend train service was improved to every 60 minutes between Union and Aurora, and new hourly weekday off-peak service was introduced between Union and Aurora, as well as additional peak period trains between Union Station to Bradford GO Station.{{sfn|CTV News|2017}} Although the station was intended to entirely replace [[York University GO Station]], limited peak-period service was maintained to York University station following the opening of Downsview Park station.

Due to the temporary closure of the York University campus during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto]], all service to [[York University GO Station]] was suspended on March 18, 2020.<ref name="YorkU-shuttle">{{cite web |url=https://www.yorku.ca/transportation/go-train-shuttle-service/ |title=GO Train Shuttle Service |publisher=York University |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719204317/https://www.yorku.ca/transportation/go-train-shuttle-service/ |archive-date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref> On July 19, 2021, Metrolinx announced that the station was permanently closed.<ref name="Metrolinx-2021-07-19">{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/07/19/york-university-go-station-closes-to-make-way-for-barrie-line-expansion/ |title=York University GO Station closes to make way for Barrie Line expansion |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719195054/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/07/19/york-university-go-station-closes-to-make-way-for-barrie-line-expansion/ | archive-date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref>

====Davenport Diamond grade separation====
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The Davenport Diamond was an at-grade rail-to-rail crossing of the GO Barrie line and east–west [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CP Rail]] North Toronto subdivision tracks near Davenport Road in Toronto. It was one of the busiest train intersections in North America.<ref name="metrolinx.com">{{Cite web|title=Metrolinx: For a Greater Region - Davenport Diamond: Guideway & Greenway|url=http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/davenport-diamond.aspx|access-date=2020-06-29|df=mdy-all|website=www.metrolinx.com|archive-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624122833/http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/davenport-diamond.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In order to increase service frequency on the Barrie line, GO Transit identified the need to remove the diamond and build a grade separated crossing. In 2015 Metrolinx initiated a Transit Project Assessment Process (an environmental assessment process specific to transit projects) based on the preferred option of constructing an overpass to carry the GO line over the east-west CP Rail line.<ref name="metrolinx.com"/>

The grade separated crossing (which Metrolinx calls the Davenport Diamond Guideway<ref name="Metrolinx-2022/03/22">{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/03/22/upcoming-bloor-bridge-reconstruction-means-full-road-and-sidewalk-closures/ |title=Upcoming Bloor bridge reconstruction means full road and sidewalk closures |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=March 22, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325165246/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/03/22/upcoming-bloor-bridge-reconstruction-means-full-road-and-sidewalk-closures/ | archivedate=March 25, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>) is on a {{convert|1.4|km|1|adj=on|abbr=}} long, {{convert|8.5|m|adj=on}} high rail bridge. It lies between Bloor Street West and St. Clair Avenue West parallel to Lansdowne Avenue. The bridge will allow GO Transit to run all-day, two-way service on the Barrie line without freight traffic disruptions. The 2015 estimated cost of the project was $120 million.<ref name=TheStar-2015-08-07>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/08/07/go-gives-city-more-time-to-consider-giant-rail-bridge.html |title=GO gives city more time to consider giant rail bridge |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |author=Tess Kalinowski, Transportation reporter |date=August 7, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-31 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=TheStar-2015-11-17>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/11/17/metrolinx-to-move-ahead-with-giant-davenport-rail-bridge.html |title=Metrolinx to move ahead with giant Davenport rail bridge |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |author=Tess Kalinowski, Transportation reporter |date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-31|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The project began construction in 2017.<ref name="metrolinx.com"/> The Davenport Diamond Guideway went into service on Monday April 3, 2023, and the grade-level Davenport Diamond went out of service on the prior weekend. The ground-level track approaching the diamond will be removed.<ref name="Metrolinx-2023-04-04">{{cite web |url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/go-trains-now-traveling-across-davenport-diamond-guideway |title=GO Trains now traveling across Davenport Diamond Guideway |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405034202/https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/go-trains-now-traveling-across-davenport-diamond-guideway | archive-date=April 5, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{needs update|date=April 2024}}

At the same time of building the guideway, further community improvements were added in the immediate vicinity, including noise wall and bearing pads, a rail overpass above Wallace Avenue and a pedestrian underpass at Paton Road, as well as a replacement of the Bloor Street West bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Davenport Diamond: Guideway|url=http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/docs/davenport/Project-Backgrounder-Davenport-Diamond_V7.pdf|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630230937/http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/docs/davenport/Project-Backgrounder-Davenport-Diamond_V7.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2024|reason=Published well before project completion. A newer source is needed.}}

Other grade separations are planned. One was completed at Rutherford Road immediately north of [[Rutherford GO Station]],{{sfn|GO Transit|2020}} and another is planned at McNaughton Road north of [[Maple GO Station]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==Stations==
[[File:GrandTrunkRailwayStationAurora2.JPG|thumb|right|The Aurora station building is a federally designated heritage site]]

There are 10 stations on the Barrie line, excluding the terminus at [[Union Station (Toronto)|Union Station]] in Toronto.

In addition to Union Station, four station buildings along the Barrie Line are federally protected by the ''[[Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act]]''. At [[Allandale Waterfront GO Station#History|Allandale Waterfront]] and [[Newmarket GO Station|Newmarket]] stations, historic station buildings remain but are used for other purposes, while at [[Aurora GO Station|Aurora]] and [[Maple GO Station|Maple]] stations, the historic stations buildings continue to be in use.{{sfn|Parks Canada}} The station building at King City was built in 2005; the 1850s building was relocated to [[Black Creek Pioneer Village]] in the 1960s, then to [[King Township Museum]] in 1989. Bradford station is not protected and has been heavily altered.

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| {{stl|GO Transit|Allandale Waterfront}}
| January 28, 2012
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| {{stl|GO Transit|Barrie South}}
| December 17, 2007
| 628
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| {{stl|GO Transit|Bradford}}
| September 7, 1982
| 93
| GTR Bradford Station built in 1900 has been heavily altered from original design.
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| {{stl|GO Transit|East Gwillimbury}}
| November 1, 2004
| 637
| 
|-
| {{stl|GO Transit|Newmarket}}
| September 7, 1982
| 265
| Federally designated heritage railway station was GTR station c. 1900. [[Northern Railway of Canada]] station from 1850s became freight shed and demolished.
|-
| {{stl|GO Transit|Aurora}}
| September 7, 1982
| 1,464
| Federally designated heritage railway station built by GTR in 1900.
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| {{stl|GO Transit|King City}}
| September 7, 1982
| 555
| Original 1853 Northern Railway of Canada station moved to [[King Township Museum]] in 1989 and current station built in 2005.  Connections with [[Ontario Northland]] bus services
|-
| {{stl|GO Transit|Maple}}
| September 7, 1982
| 1,319
| Federally designated heritage railway station built by GTR in 1903.
|-
| {{stl|GO Transit|Rutherford}}
| January 7, 2001
| 970
| 
|-
| {{stl|TTC|Downsview Park}}
| December 30, 2017<ref>{{cite web|title=More Barrie GO Trains|url=http://www.gotransit.com/public/en/news/barrie/servicechanges.aspx|website=[[GO Transit]]|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213144217/http://www.gotransit.com/public/en/news/barrie/servicechanges.aspx|archive-date=2017-12-13 |df=mdy-all|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 0
| Connection to {{rint|toronto|1}} [[Line 1 Yonge–University|Yonge–University]]
|-
| ''{{stl|TTC|Caledonia}}''
|
| 
| Connection to future {{rint|toronto|5}} [[Line 5 Eglinton|Eglinton]]
|-
| ''[[Bloor–Lansdowne GO Station|Bloor–Lansdowne]]''
| 
| 
| Proposed station<ref name="Metrolinx-2021-08-17">{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/08/17/new-agreement-with-city-of-toronto-helps-bring-new-smarttrack-stations-closer-to-reality/ |title=New agreement with City of Toronto helps bring new SmartTrack stations closer to reality |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=August 17, 2021 |accessdate=August 18, 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818184420/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/08/17/new-agreement-with-city-of-toronto-helps-bring-new-smarttrack-stations-closer-to-reality/ | archivedate=August 18, 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Union Station (Toronto)|Union]]
| September 7, 1982
| 0
| Connection to {{rint|ca|via}} [[Via Rail]], {{rint|us|amtrak}}[[Amtrak]], {{rint|toronto|up}} [[Union Pearson Express]], {{rint|gotransit|rail}} [[GO Transit rail services|GO Transit rail]] & [[GO Transit bus services|bus services]], [[Ontario Northland]] and [[Toronto Transit Commission|TTC]] {{rint|toronto|1}} [[Line 1 Yonge–University|Yonge–University]], {{rint|toronto|streetcar}} [[Toronto streetcar system|streetcar]] & {{rint|toronto|bus}} [[Toronto Transit Commission bus system|bus services]].

Federally designated heritage railway station, built by [[Union Station Rail Corridor|Toronto Terminals Railway]] opened in 1927
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==Service==
{{As of|2019|11}}, the Barrie line has weekday service consisting of seven trains southbound from [[Allandale Waterfront GO Station|Barrie]] and three trains southbound from [[Bradford GO Station|Bradford]] in the morning, and seven trains northbound to Barrie and two trains northbound to Bradford from Union Station in the afternoon.<ref name=2019Schedule>{{cite web |url=https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS02112019/Table65.pdf |title=Barrie Line 2019 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=November 2, 2019 |publisher=GO Transit |access-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227210643/https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS02112019/Table65.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The line also has hourly, two-way service between Union and Aurora during off peak times.

Weekend service consists of hourly trains in both directions. Five trips in each direction cover the full route from Toronto to Barrie, while the remainder operate between Toronto and Aurora. Trips terminating in Aurora have connecting GO bus service to Barrie.<ref name=2019Schedule/>

During the times and directions that train service does not operate, service is provided by GO bus routes 63 (Toronto–King City), 65 (Toronto–Newmarket) and 68 (Newmarket–Barrie).<ref name=2019Schedule/>

The maximum speed on the line is {{convert|128|kph|mph}}, between Bradford and Barrie South.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2010|p=57}} Trains are limited to {{convert|24|kph|mph}} in some parts, but can travel at least {{convert|80|kph|mph}} over most of the line.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2010|p=57}}

Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19 pandemic]], starting on May 13, 2020, most off-peak train service was suspended and replaced with buses due to low ridership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS13052020/Table65.pdf|title=Error &#124; GO Transit|access-date=May 8, 2020|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830222003/https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS13052020/Table65.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Off-peak train service was gradually reintroduced throughout 2021.

===Connections===
The Barrie line makes connections with:
* [[Barrie Transit]]
* [[York Region Transit]]
* [[Toronto Transit Commission]]
* [[Via Rail]]
* [[Simcoe County LINX]]<ref>[https://www.simcoe.ca/Transit/Pages/Routes-Schedule.aspx#ui-id-3 Routes/Schedule: Route 2 - Wasaga Beach to Barrie]</ref><ref>[https://www.simcoe.ca/Transit/Pages/Routes-Schedule.aspx#ui-id-7 Routes/Schedule: Route 5 - New Tecumseth to Bradford West Gwillimbury]</ref>
* [[BWG Transit]]<ref>[https://www.townofbwg.com/en/living-in-bwg/routes-and-schedules.aspx#D-Bradford-GO-turnaround- Routes and Schedules: Cross-Town]</ref>

==Future==
{{Update section|date=March 2019}}

===Capacity expansion===
[[File:GO Barrie Double Track - RivermedeNB.JPG|thumb|right|Second track under construction in 2015 between Rutherford and York University stations]]
In April 2015, the government of Ontario announced that as part of a broad GO Transit expansion project called [[GO Transit Regional Express Rail|Regional Express Rail]], service on the Barrie line would increase from 7 daily train trips to over 20 daily train trips by 2020.{{sfn|Kalinowski|2015}}{{efn|As of April 2015, there are seven daily southbound weekday morning trains on the Barrie line, and seven daily northbound weekday evening trains.}} The [[railway electrification system]] was planned to be completed by 2024 and feature two-way, all-day service every 15 minutes between  Union Station and Aurora GO.{{sfn|Kalinowski|2015}} However, on August 12, 2021, Metrolinx announced that, after electrification there would be 15-minute, two-way, all-day service beyond Aurora to Bradford, and 30-minute two-way, all-day service to Barrie South and Allandale Waterfront.<ref name="Metrolinx-2021-08-12">{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/08/12/metrolinx-plans-to-bring-15-minute-two-way-all-day-go-service-further-north-on-the-barrie-line-to-bradford/ |title=Metrolinx plans to bring 15-minute, two-way, all-day GO service further north on the Barrie Line to Bradford |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=August 12, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813015350/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/08/12/metrolinx-plans-to-bring-15-minute-two-way-all-day-go-service-further-north-on-the-barrie-line-to-bradford/ | archive-date=August 13, 2021 }}</ref>

===Additional stations===
In the September 2015 planning document "New Station Analysis", an initial list of 22 potential GO station sites were identified. These were, from north to south, at Innisfil, Holland Yard, Mulock Drive, St John's Sideroad, Yonge Street, Bathurst Street at Side Road 15, Dufferin Street, Kirby Road, Keele Street at Teston Road, Langstaff Road, Highway 7, Steeles Avenue, Finch Avenue, Downsview Park, Wilson Avenue, Lawrence Avenue, Caledonia Road, Rogers Road, St Clair Avenue West, Davenport Road, Dupont Street, and Bloor Street.{{sfn|Woo|2015|p=19}}

Of these, most were rejected as unsuitable, either because they were too close to other stations,{{sfn|Woo|2015|p=17}} or for failing to meet other criteria, such as connections to other services, proximity to urban growth centres,{{sfn|Woo|2015|p=22}} construction viability, urban density, or necessary infrastructure.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2016|p=11–12}}  Others were rejected because they were considered for other lines on the network.{{sfn|Woo|2015|p=12}} Four sites were considered for either the Barrie line or the [[Kitchener line]].{{sfn|Metrolinx|2016|p=13}} The sites at Highway 7 in Vaughan and at St Clair Avenue West were not included as part of the 10-year RER expansion, but are part of a future expansion program.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2016|p=21-23}} The candidate location Bathurst Street at Side Road 15 was deferred for future consideration.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2016|p=26}}

Stations have been approved in Vaughan for the Kirby Road site (serving the community of Hope), at Mulock Drive in Newmarket, and in Innisfil.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2016}} Under the Regional Express Rail initiative, new stations are planned in Toronto: [[Bloor–Lansdowne GO Station]] at [[Bloor Street]] West (near [[Lansdowne Avenue]] and {{stl|TTC|Lansdowne}} subway station) and [[Spadina–Front GO Station]] at [[Spadina Avenue]] near [[Front Street (Toronto)|Front Street]] (with access to the [[CityPlace, Toronto|CityPlace]] neighbourhood and [[510 Spadina]] streetcars).{{sfn|Metrolinx|2016|p=18}}{{sfn|Spurr|2016}}

====Caledonia station====
{{Main|Caledonia station}}
The design for Caledonia station on [[Line 5 Eglinton]] includes provisions for a connection to the Barrie line, including a pedestrian bridge above the Barrie line and provisions for elevator access to future GO platforms.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2013}} Metrolinx announced that an environmental assessment for the station would begin in the summer of 2015.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2015}}

====Innisfil GO Station====
{{Main|Innisfil GO Station}}
Metrolinx is considering a station in [[Innisfil]] for a future expansion, to be located at approximately mile marker 52 (kilometre 83.7). They analyzed two sites just east of Sideroad 20: 5th Line near Lefroy's Lormel subdivision and 6th Line near the future Sleeping Lion development in south Alcona.{{sfn|Vanderlinde|2016}} Innisfil town council stated its preference for the 6th Line location, which was ultimately chosen by Metrolinx,{{sfn|Metrolinx|2018}} and approved use of $2 million to acquire land and $2.6 million to partially fund the station's construction.{{sfn|CTV News|2016}}

====Concord GO Station====
To provide an interchange with [[Viva Rapid Transit|Viva]], a [[bus rapid transit]] service in [[Regional Municipality of York|York Region]], a new station was proposed at [[Ontario Highway 7|Highway 7]]. The site was called Concord station, after the [[Concord, Ontario|Concord]] neighborhood in which it would be located.{{sfn|City of Vaughan|2013|p=15}} The city of [[Vaughan]] has integrated the station into its design plans for a mixed use development near the intersection of [[Ontario Highway 407|Highway 407]] and the rail corridor. Both the municipal government of Vaughan and the regional government of York have identified this location as a potential site for the station, which requires GO Transit to perform an environmental assessment.{{sfn|City of Vaughan|2013|p=16}} In January 2013, Vaughan municipal clerk sent a [[Vaughan City Council]] resolution to [[York Regional Council]] requesting Metrolinx consideration for four priority projects, among them all-day two-way service on the Barrie line, creation of the Concord GO Station, and creation of a Kirby Road GO Station.{{sfn|Kelly|2013|p=2}} The station would be located near the old CN Concord Station (located north of Highway 7 on east side of tracks on the current Barrie line) that dated back to the [[Northern Railway of Canada]] Thornhill Station c. 1853 and demolished in 1978. In 2023, a business case for the station was released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Business case for proposed Hwy 7/Concord GO station released |url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/business-case-for-proposed-hwy-7-concord-go-station-released |website=Metrolinx |access-date=May 6, 2023 |date=May 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Ridership==
In 2012, the Barrie line served about 7,500 passengers a day,{{sfn|McInroy|2012}} or approximately 2 million per year. By 2008, the annual number of riders on the Barrie line was almost 3.1 million, an increase of 18% from 2007 and 167% from 2001.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2010|p=41}} About 2,300 of the 3,000 daily peak passengers to Union Station boarded at Aurora (about 1,000), Rutherford (about 800), and Newmarket (about 500) that year.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2010|p=44}}

The weekend summer service had 105 riders per train in 2012 (32,000 total for six trains per day), and 220 riders per train in 2013 (41,000 total for four trains per day).{{sfn|Bruton|2013}}

From 2010 to 2014, ridership on the line increased 70% based on cordon count data.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2017|p=9}} For 2015, there was a weekday morning peak of 5,852 boardings and 227 alightings at the stations on the line, all other passengers alighting at Union Station in Toronto.{{sfn|Metrolinx|2017|p=9}}

{|class="wikitable"
|+2015 weekday morning peak ridership
!Station
!Boardings
!Alightings
|-
| Allandale Waterfront
| 254
| 0
|-
| Barrie South
| 263
| 0
|-
| Bradford
| 229
| 2
|-
| East Gwillimbury
| 337
| 5
|-
| Newmarket
| 358
| 15
|-
| Aurora
| 1,113
| 15
|-
| King City
| 444
| 1
|-
| Maple
| 1,701
| 2
|-
| Rutherford
| 1,121
| 22
|-
| York University
| 32
| 165
|}

==Notes==
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{{reflist|3|refs=
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{{cite news
| url         = http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5602283-metrolinx-to-add-go-station-at-eglinton-avenue-west-on-barrie-line/
| title       = Metrolinx to add GO station at Eglinton Avenue West on Barrie line
| publisher   = [[Inside Toronto]]
| author      = Dominic Kurek
| date        = 2015-05-05
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150505224634/http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5602283-metrolinx-to-add-go-station-at-eglinton-avenue-west-on-barrie-line/
| archive-date = 2015-05-05
| url-status     = live
| quote       = Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of regional transportation plans in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, has announced it will be adding a GO Transit station on the Barrie GO line at Eglinton Avenue West and Caledonia Road.
}}
</ref>-->
}}
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In the Matter of the Application by John C. Medcof Chairman, Railroad Boosters, File No. 49467.59, February 1, 1974 — [1974] CTC 27.

For a valuable background to the Barrie decision, see:
"Busloads of Support going to Railhearing", G & M, July 10, 1973
"Commuter Train could Destroy Barrie, Mayor Says", G & M, July 12, 1973
"Used own money to Publicize Trial Commuter Train", G & M, July 13, 1973
"Messiah for Rail Commuters", G & M, July 14, 1973
"C. N. Railway Station Coming Back to Life", G & M, March 28, 1974
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*{{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={{Harvid|Parks Canada}} |df=mdy-all }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www3.ttc.ca/Spadina/Project_News/Newsletters/News_by_Date/2010/February/Winter_2010.jsp|title=Winter 2010 TYSSE Newsletter|publisher=Toronto Transit Commission|date=Winter 2010|access-date=5 February 2011|ref={{sfnref|Toronto Transit Commission|2010}}|df=mdy-all|archive-date=April 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430034421/http://www.ttc.ca/Spadina/Project_News/Newsletters/News_by_Date/2010/February/Winter_2010.jsp|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.vaughan.ca/projects/policy_planning_projects/concord_go_centre_secondary_plan/General%20Documents/131101_Draft_Secondary_Plan_Part%20B_Policies%20%28no%20track%20changes%29.pdf|title=Draft Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan|author=planningAlliance and Meridian Planning Consultants|publisher=City of Vaughan|date=1 November 2013|access-date=14 September 2014|ref={{sfnref|City of Vaughan|2013}}|df=mdy-all|archive-date=April 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429201826/http://www.vaughan.ca/projects/policy_planning_projects/concord_go_centre_secondary_plan/General%20Documents/131101_Draft_Secondary_Plan_Part%20B_Policies%20%28no%20track%20changes%29.pdf|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web |title=Rutherford GO Station improvements |url=https://www.gotransit.com/en/the-future-and-go/construction-notices/rutherford-go-station-improvement |website=GO Transit |access-date=April 14, 2020 |ref={{sfnref|GO Transit|2020}} |date=2020 |df=mdy-all |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711042012/https://www.gotransit.com/en/the-future-and-go/construction-notices/rutherford-go-station-improvement |archive-date=July 11, 2023}}
*{{cite web |title=Innisfil GO Station Public Meeting Slides |url=http://www.metrolinx.com/en/regionalplanning/newstations/Innisfil%20GO%20Station%20PM1%20Presentation%20Slides_Final%20v2.pdf |publisher=Metrolinx |access-date=April 14, 2020 |ref={{sfnref|Metrolinx|2018}} |page=8 |date=April 3, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}
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==External links==
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* [https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/05012019/Table65.pdf GO Transit: Barrie (Bradford) GO Train & Bus Service Schedule (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203143730/https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/05012019/Table65.pdf |date=February 3, 2019 }}
*[https://www.vaughan.ca/projects/policy_planning_projects/concord_go_centre_secondary_plan/Pages/default.aspx Concord/GO Centre Secondary Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716235704/http://www.vaughan.ca/projects/policy_planning_projects/concord_go_centre_secondary_plan/Pages/default.aspx |date=July 16, 2014 }} at City of Vaughan Policy Planning Department

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