Well, that's probably based on the limited service being provided, and may not account for potential future growth. And this station is all about future GO growth, IMO.

It would be interesting to see the numbers for the GO Centre on Hunter, to provide a Hamilton-specific comparison. I bet that station doesn't look great either compared to the other Lakeshore West stations that have all-day service (though adding bus passengers may balance things more).

It still makes way more sense in terms of travel time for many Toronto-bound commuters in Hamilton and points eastward throughout Niagara to drive to Aldershot, Burlington, or Appleby. But that may change over time.

Should change with high speed rail and upgraded tracks decreasing train times.

It'd be nice if the new West Harbour GO station spurred some transit-centric development in that part of town and led to some new development and gentrification. Despite the heavy industry, the area has potential.

Well the harbour area itself is getting loads of plans.

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West Harbour GO, Hamilton by Vic Gedris, on Flickr

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West Harbour GO, Hamilton by Vic Gedris, on Flickr

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West Harbour GO, Hamilton by Vic Gedris, on Flickr

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West Harbour GO, Hamilton by Vic Gedris, on Flickr

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West Harbour GO, Hamilton by Vic Gedris, on Flickr

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West Harbour GO, Hamilton by Vic Gedris, on Flickr

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West Harbour GO, Hamilton by melissm07, on Instagram

How did they manage such a huge improvement from the last round of photos? It looks basically finished now.

very impressive!! glad to see this project almost finished!

It's looking really great.

The only thing I don't care for (and it's minor) are the steel cages/catwalks along the sides. But I assume those are to make it easy to clean the windows of the diesel soot that will inevitably accumulate. The pedestrian bridge at Burlington station has catwalks too.

Perhaps they'll paint them to match the paneling on the station exterior.

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West Harbour GO Station - July 8, 2015 by vgedris, on Twitter

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Arriving train at West Harbour GO Station by Joe, on Flickr

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Arriving train at West Harbour GO Station by Joe, on Flickr

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Arriving train at West Harbour GO Station by Joe, on Flickr

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Arriving train at West Harbour GO Station by Joe, on Flickr

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Custom House and crane at West Harbour GO Station by Joe, on Flickr

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West Harbour GO Station track view by Joe, on Flickr

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Bicycle racks at West Harbour GO Station by Joe, on Flickr

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Bicycle rack at West Harbour GO Station by Joe, on Flickr

I can't wait to see this completed. I'm really curious as to what they're doing with the dirt areas; hopefully not just grass, but some kind of natural landscaping.

The latest presentation deck on the project (from the West Harbour page on the GO website) notes that the sloped area will be "Shade and Evergreen Trees, Shrubs and Meadow" (slide 16) and the previous slide says "Planting over 150 trees, 500 shrubs and bushes, 2,000 perennials, and small areas of grass across the site" and "Plant materials were chosen based on visual, drought-resistant and indigenous qualities"

That deck is a year old, but unless plans have been altered the ramp could be temporary (it's not shown on the site plan or circulation map -- slides 13-14)

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New West Harbour GO Station & Old CNR Station by Derek Doyle, on Twitter

So now that the pan ams are done, when does construction start up again?

It never stopped.

Fred looks pretty badass in those sunglasses

Those are indeed some slick mayor glasses. Fred's fashion game seems to usually be pretty on point.

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West Harbour GO Station Parking Structure by Joe, on Flickr

West Harbour GO Station from October 8th.
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