At the first series of public information meetings that GO hosted on its plans to operate trains to Niagara, it proposed a station on this site. However, by the second series of open houses, it had shifted the station site much further east to Fruitland Road, because of a lack of space for station facilities at Centennial Parkway.

However, this site is advantageous to serving a larger, and more populous, area of east-end Hamilton, so GO planners again reviewed the site. The propose using vacant land on the east side of Centennial Parkway North and south of Goderich Road for the station. (The City of Hamilton owns the land.)

At first, GO would build a train platform on the south side of the tracks with two bus bays, a “kiss ‘n’ ride” passenger drop-off and pick-up facility and parking for 240 vehicles on the north side of the tracks. GO buses and commuters would gain access to the station and parking lot from Goderich Road. A pedestrian tunnel and with two staircases and elevators would allow passengers to cross between the north and south sides of the tracks.

Later, it would build five more bus bays and a second “kiss ‘n’ ride” and another 270 parking spaces on the south side of the tracks. Commuters would gain access to this area from Arrowsmith Road.

Since GO intends to proceed with a station at this site, it no longer intends to build a station at Fruitland Road.

GO proposes naming this station “Confederation GO Station”.

You can see plans for this station here. (.pdf)