Ontario Highway 401 - Services

Services

Highway 401 features 19 service centres controlled by the MTO. These service centres were announced in 1961 following public outcry over the lack of rest stops. They provide a place to park, rest, eat and refuel 24 hours a day.

The centres were originally leased to and operated by several major gasoline distributors; however, those companies have chosen not to renew their leases as the terms end. In response, the MTO put the operation of the full network of service centres out for tender, resulting in a 50-year lease with Host Kilmer Service Centres, a joint venture between hospitality company HMSHost (a subsidiary of Autogrill) and Larry Tanenbaum's investment company Kilmer van Nostrand.

Seventeen of the centres along Highway 401 will be reconstructed entirely. Two centres that were rebuilt in the late 1990s, specifically Newcastle and Ingersoll, will not be redeveloped at this time. Work on 15 of the 17 service centres to be reconstructed began in late 2009 or early 2010. The new service centres, opening in phases beginning in July 2010, feature a Canadian Tire gas station, an HMSHost-operated convenience store known as "The Market", as well as fast food brands such as Tim Hortons, A&W and Burger King.

Service centres located along Highway 401
Location Direction(s) Nearby exits Status
Tilbury North
Tilbury South		 Westbound
Eastbound		 56, 63 Reopened as of October 1, 2010
West Lorne
Dutton		 Westbound
Eastbound		 137, 149 Reopened as of October 1, 2010
Ingersoll Westbound 222, 230 Will not be redeveloped at this time. Leased by Imperial Oil.
Woodstock Eastbound 222, 230 Closed for reconstruction on March 31, 2010; reopened July 2011
Cambridge North
Cambridge South		 Westbound
Eastbound		 286, 295 Closed for reconstruction as of September 7, 2011; to re-open January 2013.
Mississauga Eastbound 333, 336 Permanently closed as of September 30, 2006
Newcastle Westbound 440, 448 Will not be redeveloped at this time. Leased by Imperial Oil.
Port Hope Eastbound 448, 456 Reopened by June 2011
Trenton North Westbound 509, 522 Reopened as of October 1, 2010
Trenton South Eastbound Reopened March 2011
Camden East Westbound 582, 593 Closed for reconstruction March 31, 2010; reopened June 2011
Odessa Eastbound 599, 611 Open during 2010–11 reconstruction (while a new structure was built directly west of a now-demolished original facility on same property). New facility opened June 2011
Mallorytown North Westbound 675 Reopened February 1, 2011
Mallorytown South Eastbound 685 Reopened June 28, 2012.
Morrisburg Eastbound 750, 758 Reopened as of October 1, 2010
Ingleside Westbound 758, 770 Reopened April 2011
Bainsville Westbound 825 Reopened as of October 1, 2010
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