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Simcoe County LINX (or simply LINX) is a public transport service managed by Simcoe County and operated by First Student Canada, [3] which is responsible for inter-community regional bus service throughout Simcoe County, connecting rural towns and townships to cities in the county such as Barrie and Orillia.
Allandale Waterfront GO Station [1] [2] is a train and bus station serving as the northern terminus of GO Transit's Barrie line.The station was built just south of Allandale Station, a historic train station that occupies a large property on the southern shore of Kempenfelt Bay (Lake Simcoe) in the waterfront area of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
The sculpture is a focal point on the Barrie waterfront, and serves as both a meeting place and navigational aid to travellers and citizens of the city alike. The installation of the sculpture initiated a drive to place numerous pieces of art around the city which continues to this day. The Sculpture Bird adorned with children's shoes in June 2021.
Barrie is situated on the traditional land of the Wendat and Anishinaabeg peoples. [11] At its inception, Barrie was an establishment of houses and warehouses at the foot of the Nine Mile Portage from Kempenfelt Bay to Fort Willow, an indigenous transportation route that existed centuries before Europeans arrived in Simcoe County. [11]
On December 17, 2007, the Bradford Line was extended to the new Barrie South GO Station and was renamed the "Barrie Line". [21] Construction had begun on February 2, 2007, to construct the new Barrie South station, a new layover facility and new tracks, signals and crossings along the existing 20 kilometres (12 mi) railway corridor.
Simcoe County is a county and census division located in the central region of Ontario, Canada.The county is located north of the Greater Toronto Area, and forms the north western edge of the Golden Horseshoe.
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 ...
GO Expansion, [5] previously known as GO Regional Express Rail (RER), [6] is a project to improve GO Transit train service by adding all-day, two-way service to the inner portions of the Barrie line, Kitchener line and the Stouffville line, and by increasing frequency of train service on various lines to every 15 minutes or better on five of the corridors.