Richmond Hill GO Station
Richmond Hill | |||||||||||
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6 Newkirk Road Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°52′29″N 79°25′35.4″W / 43.87472°N 79.426500°WCoordinates: 43°52′29″N 79°25′35.4″W / 43.87472°N 79.426500°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Station building with public washroom and waiting room | ||||||||||
Parking | 1229 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | yes | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | GO Transit: RHGO | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 61 | ||||||||||
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Opened | May 1, 1978 | ||||||||||
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Richmond Hill GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. It is a terminus on the Richmond Hill line train service.
Out of the all the Richmond Hill line stations, this is the only station that has a reduced length platform (accommodating only up to an L8 consist, a trainset consisting of eight Bombardier BiLevel Coaches and at least one locomotive. Beginning in the spring of 2015, the platform is scheduled to be extended to allow 12-car trains. A pedestrian bridge over Major Mackenzie Drive and a new station building will also be constructed.[1] The train layover facility in Richmond Hill was opened in 2014.[2]
History
The original Richmond Hill railway station was a single storey clapboard building, located on the north side of Centre Street East, just a short distance north of the current station. Built in 1906 by the James Bay Railway the station was closed by Canadian National Railway in 1968 and the building was relocated in 1979 to Richmond Green, at Elgin Mills Road and Leslie Street, to serve as a clubhouse for local minor soccer teams.[3]
The Richmond Hill GO Station will become a terminus for the planned Viva Silver, once that service begins operation after the opening of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station.
Connecting buses
York Region Transit:
- 4 Major Mackenzie
- 25 Major Mackenzie East
- 82 Valleymede
- 86 Newkirk-Red Maple
- 240 Mill Pond GO Shuttle
- 241 Beverly Acres GO Shuttle
- 242 North Richvale GO Shuttle
- 243 Redstone GO Shuttle
GO Transit:
- 61 via Langstaff GO Station express to Union Station Bus Terminal[4]
References
- ↑ "Modernizing Stations – Richmond Hill GO Station". GO Transit. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Ministry of Transportation (December 1, 2014). "New GO Train Station on the Way for York Region". Newsroom. Ontario. Retrieved May 2016.
Construction of a new GO Station in Gormley is underway, extending the Richmond Hill line north to Stouffville Road.
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(help) - ↑ Robert M. Stamp (July 1991). "Rails through Richmond Hill: The Belated Arrival of the Age of Steam". Early Days in Richmond Hill. Retrieved December 2013. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ 61 Richmond Hill GO Train and Bus Schedule
External links
- Media related to Richmond Hill GO Station at Wikimedia Commons