In preparation for the largest expansion of service in GO Transit’s history, Metrolinx is planning the future of all the rail stations and significant ridership increases, amidst massive transit-oriented community development in station areas. 

Access, in partnership with Perkins&Will and Nelson\Nygaard, has been retained to lead the development of 19 GO Station Master Plans across the network. These plans focus on developing a vision and concept plans for each station through 2041 in anticipation of the GO Expansion program. The plans build on Metrolinx and its municipal partners’ planning initiatives, including the Metrolinx GO Rail Station Access document (2023).

Drawing on our deep experience of planning station areas across a range of North American jurisdictions, Access will provide Metrolinx not only a set of technical concepts for station design (that will evolve) but an integrated vision for the roles, functions, and priorities of the stations that future designs can pivot off as technical and stakeholder considerations evolve. This work is set to be completed in late spring of 2024.