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GO Transit rail history
Corridor Colors Date Stations Length Track ownership Note
Lakeshore (unified
West and East)
    1967-05-23 16 86.4 kilometres (53.7 mi) 0 kilometres (0.0 mi) 0% Initial service.
1968-04-26 15 Lorne Park station closed.
1968-11-09 16 Exhibition opened.
Georgetown   1974-04-29 22 134.4 kilometres (83.5 mi) New line opened.
1974-12-01 23 Etobicoke North opened.
Richmond Hill   1978-05-01 27 168.6 kilometres (104.8 mi) New line opened.
Milton   1981-10-26 34 219.0 kilometres (136.1 mi) New line opened.
Bradford
Stouffville
    1982-09-07 44 332.0 kilometres (206.3 mi) New lines opened.
Lakeshore West   1988-09-19 45 Appleby opened.
Lakeshore East   1988-12-04 47 346.3 kilometres (215.2 mi) 14.3 kilometres (8.9 mi) 4.1% Service extended to Whitby over newly-constructed GO subdivision.
Bradford   1990-09-17 48 375.1 kilometres (233.1 mi) 3.8% Service extended to Barrie.
Georgetown   1990-10-29 49 406.4 kilometres (252.5 mi) 3.5% Service extended to Guelph.
Lakeshore West   1992-05-25 50 Aldershot opened.
Bradford
Georgetown
    1993-07-05 48 346.3 kilometres (215.2 mi) 4.1% Service cut from Barrie and Guelph.
Lakeshore East   1995-01-09 49 350.6 kilometres (217.9 mi) 18.7 kilometres (11.6 mi) 5.3% GO subdivision and service extended to Oshawa.
Lakeshore West   1996-04-29 351.6 kilometres (218.5 mi) Hamilton service shifted to Hamilton GO Centre.
Milton   1997-03-31 23.7 kilometres (14.7 mi) 6.7% Galt subdivision purchased from CPR between West Toronto Diamond and Union Station.
Bradford   1999-04-30 33.2 kilometres (20.6 mi) 9.5% Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN north of East Gwillimbury.
USRC   2000-06-07 52.1 kilometres (32.4 mi) 14.8% Union Station Rail Corridor purchased from Toronto Terminals Railway.
Stouffville   2001 84.2 kilometres (52.3 mi) 24.0% Uxbridge subdivision purchased from CN (Scarborough - Uxbridge).
Bradford   2001-01-07 50 Rutherford opened.
2002-01-16 122.0 kilometres (75.8 mi) 34.7% Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN between East Gwillimbury and Davenport Diamond.
Stouffville   2002-09-03 51 Centennial opened.
Bradford   2002-09-06 52 York University opened.
Stouffville   2002-12-02 53 Mount Joy opened.
Bradford   2004-11-01 54 East Gwillimbury opened.
Georgetown   2005-02-07 55 Mount Pleasant opened.
Stouffville   2005-06-02 56 Kennedy opened.
Milton   2007-09-04 57 Lisgar opened.
Barrie   2007-12-17 58 380.5 kilometres (236.4 mi) 150.8 kilometres (93.7 mi) 39.6% Service extended to Barrie South, line renamed.
Stouffville   2008-09-02 59 383.0 kilometres (238.0 mi) 153.3 kilometres (95.3 mi) 40.0% Service extended to Old Elm (formerly Lincolnville).
Georgetown   2009-04-08 177.8 kilometres (110.5 mi) 46.4% Weston subdivision purchased from CN (Bramalea - Union).[1]
Barrie   2009-12-15 193.4 kilometres (120.2 mi) 50.5% Remainder of Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN (Davenport Diamond - Union).[2]
Lakeshore East
Stouffville
    2011-03-30 234.0 kilometres (145.4 mi) 61.1% Kingston subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Pickering.[3]
Kitchener   2011-12-19 61 437.2 kilometres (271.7 mi) 53.5% Service extended to Kitchener. Line renamed.
Barrie   2012-01-30 62 442.9 kilometres (275.2 mi) 239.7 kilometres (148.9 mi) 54.1% Allandale Waterfront opened.
Lakeshore West
Richmond Hill
    2012-03-27 300.5 kilometres (186.7 mi) 67.9% Oakville subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Fourth Line; Bala subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Doncaster Diamond.[4]
Kitchener   2013-01-07 63 Acton opened.
Lakeshore West   2013-03-21 313.9 kilometres (195.0 mi) 70.9% Oakville subdivision purchased from CN between Fourth Line and Brant Street.[5]
Kitchener   2014-09-29 367.1 kilometres (228.1 mi) 82.9% Guelph subdivision purchased from CN between Kitchener and Georgetown.[6]
Lakeshore West   2015-07-09 64 446.1 kilometres (277.2 mi) 82.3% Service extended to West Harbour.
Richmond Hill   2016-12-05 65 453.6 kilometres (281.9 mi) 80.9% Service extended to Gormley.
Barrie   2017-12-30 66 Downsview Park opened.
Lakeshore West   2019-01-07 68 522.5 kilometres (324.7 mi) 70.3% Service extended to Niagara Falls.
Richmond Hill   2021-06-28 69 526.1 kilometres (326.9 mi) 69.8% Service extended to Bloomington.
Barrie   2021-07-19 68 York University station closes.

This is a table of how GO Transit's network has changed since its creation.