Bradford (GO Transit)

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GO Transit
A	Lakeshore West
B	Lakeshore East
C	Milton
D	Georgetown
E	Bradford
F	Richmond Hill
G	Stouffville

Bradford is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Bradford.

1 History
2 Stations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Train service to Barrie through Bradford was once provided by Canadian National Railway, which was required to operate this service by the Canadian Transport Commission. Service begin on April 1, 1972, and responsibility for the operation was transferred to VIA Rail in 1978.^[1] As a result of federal government financial cutbacks to VIA Rail, the provincial government integrated the line into the GO network on September 7, 1982, but terminated the run at Bradford. ^[1] On September 17, 1990, the line was extended to Barrie, but was again cut back to Bradford on July 5, 1993.

On September 8, 1998, GO Transit added a second train to the line. In the early 2000s, GO Transit opened three new stations on the line: Rutherford on January 7, 2001^[1]; York University on September 6, 2002^[2]; and East Gwillimbury on November 1, 2004^[3]

On October 5, 2005, GO Transit issued a press release stating that the number of trains on the line would be expanded to four for the morning southbound trip, and four for the afternoon return.^[4] This also affected all connecting bus lines with links to the train line, especially GO bus service from Barrie and Keswick.

On April 10, 2006, GO Transit announced the construction of a bridge at the Snider diamond,^[5], which is the junction of the north-south line used primarily by GO transit for passenger service, and the east-west line used primarily by Canadian National Railway (CN) for freight service. Since CN controls both corridors, passenger trains are often delayed in passing through the diamond while waiting for freight trains to clear the intersection. The grade separation resultant from the construction of the bridge will eliminate the delays, once the bridge is completed in 2007.

Should the expansion of the TTC's Yonge-University-Spadina line proceed as planned, a new GO station would likely be built to interchange with the new Sheppard West subway station; this would not be until 2012 at the earliest.