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{{Short description|Railway station in Ontario, Canada}}
{{For|the disused railway station in [[Houston, Scotland]]|Georgetown (Scotland) railway station}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Georgetown
| style              = Via Rail
| image              = Georgetown_Ontario_Railway_Station_2.jpg
| image_caption      = 
| address            = 55 Queen Street<br />[[Georgetown, Ontario|Georgetown]], [[Ontario]]
| coordinates        = {{Coord|43|39|19|N|79|55|08|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line               = 
| other              = {{rint|gotransit|bus}} {{RouteBox|31|GO Transit bus services#Kitchener corridor|#00853f|white}} {{RouteBox|33|GO Transit bus services#Kitchener corridor|#00853f|white}}
| structure          = Shelter; Heritage station building<ref name=historicplaces />
| platform           = 2 [[side platform]]s
| depth              = 
| levels             = 
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = 615 spaces
| bicycle            = Yes
| opened             = {{start date and age|1858}}
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = 
| accessible         = 
| code               = {{GO Transit code|GE}}
| owned              = GTR 1856–1923 <br /> CNR 1923–1978 <br /> Via Rail 1978–present
| zone               = 35
| former             = 
| passengers         = 589 (daily average)
| pass_year          = 2018
| pass_percent       = -2.8
| pass_system        = GO Transit<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2019/01/30/detailed-ridership-map-released-for-go-and-up-express-stations/ |title=Detailed ridership map released for GO and UP Express stations |date=30 January 2019 |publisher=Metrolinx}}</ref>
| mpassengers        = 
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Via Rail
|line1=Sarnia-Toronto|left1=Guelph|right1=Brampton
|system2=GO Transit
|line2=Kitchener|left2=Acton|right2=Mount Pleasant
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=International Limited|left=Guelph|right=Brampton
|system2=Canadian National Railway|line2=Sarnia-Toronto|left2=Limehouse|right2=Norval
|line3=Hamilton-Allandale|left3=Stewarttown|right3=Terra Cotta}}
| map_locator        = 
| embedded           = {{Designation list|embed=yes | designation1= HRSC | designation1_offname= | designation1_date= 1994 | designation1_number =[http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4622 4622]}}
}}
'''Georgetown GO Station''' is a railway station in [[Georgetown, Ontario|Georgetown]], [[Ontario]], Canada. It is served by [[GO Transit]]'s [[Kitchener line]] and [[Via Rail]]'s [[Toronto-Sarnia train]]s. It is located west of Mountainview Road North at 55 Queen Street.

==History==
[[File:Georgetown Station ehs00315f.jpg|thumb|left|Georgetown GTR station in 1908]]
The station was constructed between 1855 and 1856 by the [[Grand Trunk Railway]], designed by the GTR chief engineer Francis Thompson and built by [[Casimir Gzowski]]. It was enlarged in 1892 and its interior and exterior were remodeled in 1904. Among the 1892 and 1904 modifications were the corner tower and operator's bay window.<ref name=historicplaces>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4622 |title=VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, 55 Queen Street, Georgetown, Ontario|website=Canada's Historic Places|access-date=February 19, 2019}}</ref>

The station was acquired by [[Canadian National Railway]] when the GTR assets were transferred in 1923 and later became a [[Via Rail]] station.<ref name=historicplaces />  GO Transit service began on April 29, 1974, but to platforms built onto a staging yard immediately north of the station and the mainline tracks.

The station once had a water tower for steam trains and had platforms on both sides of the station building, with the south side now paved over for a large commuter parking lot.

The station was the terminus of the then-named Georgetown line for most of its GO Transit history, from 1974 to 1990 and 1993 to 2011. Between 1990 and 1993 and since 2011, some GO Trains have served stations further west; as of 2015 the majority of trains on the line continue to originate and terminate here.

The ''[[International Limited]]'' was operated jointly by [[Via Rail]] and [[Amtrak]] between Chicago and Toronto. The service operated from 1982&ndash;2004.<ref name=International>{{cite web |url=http://www.trainweb.com/travelogues/mattmelzer/2004d21a.html |title=Final Run of the Amtrak - VIA International |author=Matt Melzer |date=23 April 2004 |publisher=TrainWeb.org |quote=From 1982, Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada had jointly operated the International train between Chicago and Toronto |access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref>

==Station facilities==
The two mainline tracks are used jointly by [[Canadian National Railway|Canadian National]], Via Rail, Goderich-Exeter and GO Transit. On the north side of the station a yard provides four layover tracks and an island platform used for GO Train service. Via trains operate from a side platform on the south side of the station, adjacent to the station building.

The station has two parking lots. The main parking lot and station building are located on the south side of the tracks adjacent to a bus loading/unloading zone.

Ticket sales are available during peak hours with an attendant, as well as during evenings for the last few days of every month.

The station building is open during the posted GO train hours and for a half-hour before each Via train arrival.

==Services==

===Train===
* GO Transit [[Kitchener line]] - Kitchener - Toronto: 10 trains in each direction between Georgetown and Toronto, of which 8 eastbound and 7 westbound trains operate the full route from Kitchener to Toronto, and the remainder operate only between Toronto and Georgetown or Guelph.<ref name=Table31/>
* Via Rail [[Corridor (Via Rail)|Corridor Service]] - Sarnia - London - Kitchener - Toronto: 2 daily trains in each direction, of which one operates the full route between Sarnia and Toronto, and the other operates only between London and Toronto.

===Bus===
* [[GO Transit bus services#Kitchener corridor|GO Bus Route 31]]<ref name="Table31">{{cite web |title=Kitchener Line Schedule |url=https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS11012020/Table31.pdf |website=gotransit.com |publisher=GO Transit |access-date=4 February 2020 |date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS11012020/Table31.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> - Guelph - Georgetown - Brampton - Toronto
* [[GO Transit bus services#Kitchener corridor|GO Bus Route 33]]<ref name=Table31 /> - Guelph - Georgetown - Brampton - Yorkdale - York Mills
* Halton Hills's Activan - for registered clients with a booking
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==See also==
{{Portal|Railways|Ontario}}

* [[List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{GO Station|GE}}
{{Via Station|GEOR}}

{{GO Transit}}
{{Amtrak Ontario stations}}

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[[Category:Via Rail stations in Ontario]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Regional Municipality of Halton]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Halton Hills]]
[[Category:Designated heritage railway stations in Ontario]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 1858]]
[[Category:Former Amtrak stations in Canada]]