Starting October 1, 1990, a train started serving Oshawa, bypassing Ajax and Whitby on its way to Oshawa's VIA Station. Oshawa would not be added to the GO Sub until January 8, 1995. The eastern suburbs enjoyed expanded service until July 3, 1993, when budget cuts forced all but the rush-hour trains to be cut back to Pickering. On May 1, 2000, all-day-weekday service returned to the GO Sub, although weekend and holiday trains still terminate at Pickering.
The Lakeshore West line currently stretches 64.2 km from Union to Hamilton station. Virtually all, except for the last 2-3km of this route is on the CN Oakville Sub, while and the remainder is on the CP Hamilton Sub. The original Lakeshore West line served stations at Mimico, Long Branch, Port Credit, Lorne Park, Clarkson, Oakville, Bronte, Burlington and Hamilton. Sometime in August of 1967, GO trains started serving the Exhibition. In November 1967, Bronte Station was replaced by a new station a kilometre and a half to the east, named Oakville West (and renamed Bronte in the 1990s). Sometime in 1967, Lorne Park Station closed and, in March of 1980, Burlington station was replaced by a station bearing the same name, three-quarters of a kilometre to the east. Appleby Station opened on September 19, 1988, followed by Aldershot on May 25, 1992.
GO Transit
At first, the bulk of GO's Lakeshore West service was to Oakville, with two rush-hour trips running to Hamilton. Starting October 27, 1986, a third rush-hour train was added to Hamilton's service. GO wanted to extend service westward for some time, but had the same difficulty in negotiating track time with the freight railroads as it had in the east. Unfortunately, the GO ALRT project for the west was never as developed as it was in the east, and so no right-of-way was available when GO decided that conventional equipment would be better for the westward extensions than ICTS technology. Despite this, GO Transit was able to extend all day and weekend service from Oakville to Burlington, inclu
