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Exhibition GO Station

Railway station in Toronto, Ontario

Summary

Railway station in Toronto, Ontario

Field	Value
name	Exhibition
style	Metrolinx
style2	Harmonized
image	Exhibition Station Platform, December 17 2025 (05).jpg
address	Manitoba Drive,
Toronto, Ontario,
country	Canada
coordinates
connections	Exhibition Loop
TTC buses
platform	2 side platforms
tracks	2 + 2 central bypass tracks
bicycle	Rack
opened
accessible	Yes
code
zone	02
passengers	966,400
pass_year	2019
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=GO Transit
line1	Lakeshore West	left1=Mimico	right1=Toronto
line2	Lakeshore West	left2=Port Credit	right2=Toronto	type2=Niagara branch
other_services_header	Future services
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services

Toronto, Ontario, TTC buses Exhibition GO Station is a GO Transit railway station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is one of the Lakeshore West line stations between Toronto and Hamilton. It is located west of downtown Toronto at Exhibition Place, an area of convention and exhibition venues, sports facilities, and other entertainment attractions, restaurants and nightclubs. It is also on the south side of Liberty Village, a former industrial area which has been redeveloped into a residential neighbourhood with retail and restaurants.

Although the station is widely used during the Canadian National Exhibition, it also served other major events and destinations that take place in and around the Exhibition grounds including Coca-Cola Coliseum, Enercare Centre, Medieval Times, Liberty Grand, BMO Field, Ontario Place and Budweiser Stage.

Transit connections

Directly in front of the station there is a connection with Toronto Transit Commission buses on Dufferin route 29C and at the nearby Exhibition Loop with 511 Bathurst and 509 Harbourfront streetcar lines.

A suggestion was made in 2013 to integrate TTC and GO Transit fares so that riders from the adjoining Liberty Village neighbourhood would not have to pay full fare again when transferring between the GO train and TTC services. This proposal was also seen as a way to help ease rush hour congestion on the 504 King streetcar.

History

1912 Grand Trunk station at the Dufferin Gates

The original Grand Trunk Railway station consisted of a wooden frame building, located on the south side of the tracks just east of Dufferin Street. The grade separation, which was done between 1910 and 1912, resulted in the demolition of that station since it was necessary to build a retaining wall along the south side of the cutting. New Dufferin Gates were constructed at the entrance to Exhibition Place, with concrete stairs down to two side platforms west of the new bridge over the tracks. Passenger service continue to operate there until the 1960s.

Work to widen the platforms and add a snowmelt system, an accessible boarding area, and platform canopies began in the fourth quarter of 2012 and was completed in the second quarter of 2016.

Future

Exhibition is the southwestern terminus of the proposed Ontario Line. The Ontario Line platforms will be north of the current Lakeshore West line tracks. The line is targeted for a 2030 opening. A much larger station structure is planned as part of that work; as a result, in late 2023 work began on a temporary pedestrian overpass to handle passenger volumes during construction.

References

"Getting Here (Select "Public Transit")". Exhibition Place.
(June 11, 2013). "Condo Showdown: Five Liberty Village Units for Under $550,000". Toronto Life.
(October 23, 2013). "Integrated TTC-GO fare urged for Liberty Village riders". The Globe and Mail.
"Grand Trunk Grade Separation in Toronto". Railway Age Gazette.
"Modernizing Stations – Exhibition GO Station". GO Transit.
Metrolinx. (December 2020). "Ontario Line Preliminary Design Business Case".
(December 17, 2020). "GTA $11-billion Ontario Line may not open until 2030, three years later than Ford's initial promise". Torstar.
(December 26, 2023). "Ontario Line construction progressing, new bridge opening at Exhibition Station in 2024". YouTube.

Wikipedia Source

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