20-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Grimsby GO station still a go: Oosterhoff
It wasn't mentioned in the May 16
provincial budget,
but Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff says the proposed
Casablanca GO
train station in Grimsby is still on the rails.
'(Not mentioned) by name, but in terms of it being part of a larger tranche of GO train expansion happening across the province, absolutely,' said Oosterhoff, who is also associate minister of energy-intensive industries.
'The budget spoke about GO 2.0 and our commitment to expanding GO both within the Greater Toronto Area, but also into the rest of the greater Golden Horseshoe, and the Grimsby station is definitely part of that commitment.'
Oosterhoff said provincial transit agency
Metrolinx
— along with
Niagara Region
,
Town of Grimsby
and other stakeholders — is working on assembling land for the project and the design of the station near South Service Road.
Metrolinx owns the land where the GO station is to be built.
In 2015, the region purchased 5.6 hectares (14 acres) of land south of and next to the CN rail corridor, across from the Metrolinx-owned site.
The province announced in January the contract for building the Grimsby station would be awarded this spring.
Oosterhoff said track improvements to connect the West Harbour GO station directly to the Lakeshore West rail line, which will speed up GO train service for commuters coming from Niagara, were completed last month.
