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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== ==== Highways ==== Major transportation corridors through the city include: * {{jcon|hwy|QEW}} * {{jcon|hwy|403}} * {{jcon|hwy|407ETR}} * {{jcon|hwy|6}} ** Boundary with City of Hamilton The Queen Elizabeth Way and Ontario Highway 403 run [[Concurrency (road)|concurrently]] throughout most of Burlington. ==== North-South Arterial Roads ==== Source:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Regional Municipality of Halton Regional Road Network |url=https://www.halton.ca/getmedia/7efaa8a2-87e2-4fa6-a693-3063a122d360/RegionalRoads-NetworkMapNew120121.aspx |access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref> * {{Jcon|Halton|21||notext=y}} Burloak Drive ** Signed as a standard road south/east of Wyecroft Road & Harvester Road. ** Northern/Western end continues as {{Jcon|Halton|38||notext=y}} Upper Middle Road. ** Boundary with Town of Oakville * {{Jcon|Halton|21||notext=y}} Tremaine Road ** Boundary with Town of Oakville south of Burnhamthorpe Road West & Number 1 Side Road * {{Jcon|Halton|1||notext=y}} Appleby Line ** Signed as a standard road south/east of Fairview Street * Walkers Line * {{Jcon|Halton|1||notext=y}} Guelph Line ** Signed as a standard road south/east of Fairview Street * {{Jcon|Halton|18||notext=y}} Brant Street ** Signed as a standard road south/east of Fairview Street * Waterdown Road ==== East-West Arterial Roads ==== Source:<ref name=":0" /> * [[Lakeshore Road]] ** Splits from North Shore Boulevard East at Maple Avenue intersection. * New Street * Fairview Street ** Continues west of QEW Niagara off-ramp as Plains Road East *** Continues west of Waterdown Road & Lasalle Park Road as Plains Road West * Harvester Road * Mainway * {{Jcon|Halton|38||notext=y}} Upper Middle Road **Northern/Eastern end continues as {{Jcon|Halton|21||notext=y}} Burloak Drive. **Signed as a standard road west of {{Jcon|Halton|1||notext=y}} Guelph Line * {{Jcon|Halton|5||notext=y}} [[Dundas Street]] (former [[Ontario Highway 5|Highway 5]]) * Britannia Road * {{Jcon|Halton|7||notext=y}} Derry Road ** Boundary with Town of Milton ==== Public Transit ==== [[File:Burlington Transit New Flyer Invero 7009-03.jpg|thumb|[[Burlington Transit]] bus]] [[Burlington Transit]], the public transport provider in the city, provides bus service on a transportation grid centred on three commuter GO Train stations: Appleby, Burlington and Aldershot. [[Commuter rail]] service is provided by [[GO Transit]] at the [[Appleby GO Station]], [[Burlington GO Station]] and the [[Aldershot GO station]]. Intercity rail service is provided by [[Via Rail]] at Aldershot, which also serves Hamilton. Rail cargo transportation is provided by both [[Canadian National Railway]] and [[Canadian Pacific]]. [[Burlington Airpark]] in the city's north end is a thriving [[general aviation|general-aviation]] without regular commercial passenger flight service. Some charter operations are provided. On 26 February 2012, a Via Rail train traveling from [[Niagara Falls (Via Rail)|Niagara Falls]] to [[Toronto Union Station]] derailed in Burlington, with three fatalities.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 February 2012|title=Canadian passenger train crash kills three in Ontario|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17174631}}</ref> ===Emergency services=== [[File:Halton Regional Police Car.JPG|thumb|Halton Regional Police Services car]] [[Halton Regional Police Service]] provides law enforcement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrps.on.ca/Locations/Oakville/pages/default.aspx|title=Oakville|work=Halton Region Police Service|publisher=Regional Municipality of Halton Police Services Board|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304114134/http://www.hrps.on.ca/Locations/Oakville/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> The Burlington Fire Department offers emergency services from eight fire stations.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-27 |title=Fire Department |url=https://www.burlington.ca/en/fire-and-emergency-services/fire-department.aspx |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.burlington.ca |language=en}}</ref> The services is made up of both career and volunteer fire fighters.<ref name=":1" /> Paramedic services are provided by Halton Region Paramedic Services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paramedic Services |url=https://www.halton.ca/For-Residents/Paramedic-Services |access-date=December 27, 2022 |website=Halton Region}}</ref> Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital is located in downtown Burlington.
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