I've noticed a huge increase in train commuters at Hunter in the last year or two as well but I don't think we can expect things to change at West Harbour until GO gets off their ass and connects the station up to the main line in order to join it with regular Niagara bound service.
I think the biggest reason that nobody really uses WH is because it gets exactly the same service window as the Hunter Street station. If it at least got weekend service or a reverse of the Hunter Street station (inbound morning, outbound evening) I think it would see a lot more usage. As it is now, the only people it's really going to appeal to are those who can walk home from the station or who just happen to be at Union when the train is leaving and are willing to walk up James back to downtown/a connecting HSR bus.
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