Metrolinx starts expansion work at Oakville GO Station

May 22 – Expansion upgrades are underway at Oakville GO Station to enhance customer experience and accessibility, and to support increased service on GO Transit’s busiest rail line.   

Located on the Lakeshore West line, Oakville GO Station was commissioned in 1967, the same year GO Transit launched.  

Today, the station sees more than 10,270 customers per day, making it the busiest GO station on Lakeshore West and the second busiest on the entire network – behind Union Station in downtown Toronto. 

With nearly $15 billion invested to date, the GO Expansion program is anticipated to substantially increase ridership growth and fundamentally change the way people use GO Transit to get where they need to go. 

That’s why upgrading infrastructure at existing stations is essential to support population growth, meet increased ridership demands and move more people across the region faster, safer and more efficiently.

Station upgrades 

The expanded Oakville GO Station will feature: 

• Platform rehabilitation with accessibility upgrades
  • New mini-platforms, canopies and shelters 
  • Tactile edges and digital signage

• New accessible pedestrian bridge
  • Four elevators and four staircases to platforms and parking structure

• Enhanced bus loop
  • Six additional bus platforms 
  • New passenger shelters and digital signage

• Parking lot improvements
  • Top course asphalt replacement
  • Line painting and signage
  • New secured bike shelter

• Station building
  • Architectural, mechanical and electrical services upgrades
  • Exterior/interior improvements

“Construction Manager at Risk” model 

In early April 2026, Metrolinx awarded a contract to Kenaidan Murphy Joint Venture (KMJV) to complete the station upgrades and renovations.   

The contract award follows a successful design development phase with the construction manager that began in December 2024, where teams oversaw design details and solutions for the required infrastructure upgrades through the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) model. 

The CMAR delivery model encourages early collaboration between the design and construction teams. This allows the design to be informed by the builder’s experience with construction methods, materials, and market conditions, setting up the project for success before it moves into the construction stage. 

Coming up on site 

In April, crews began setting up an area to lay down materials at the northwest end of the station. A construction compound was also set up on the south side of the station to support the expansion work.  

Trailers and fencing have been installed to keep the site secure. Appropriate signage will communicate any required detours for customers accessing the station and platforms. 

Following site mobilization, crews will build a temporary crossing to allow access for heavy duty equipment, as well as a temporary widened joint platform to maintain customer access to trains during construction.  

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