Mulock GO Station

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GO Transit logo.svg Mulock
General information
LocationMulock Drive
Newmarket, Ontario
Coordinates 44°2′22″N79°27′29″W / 44.03944°N 79.45806°W / 44.03944; -79.45806 (expected)
Owned by Metrolinx
Platforms Side platforms [1]
Tracks2 [1]
ConnectionsBSicon BUS1.svg York Region Transit
Construction
Parking550 [1]
AccessibleYes
Services
Preceding station GO Transit logo.svg GO Transit Following station
Newmarket Barrie
Planned expansion
Aurora
towards Union Station

Mulock GO Station is a planned GO Transit train station to be built by Metrolinx in Newmarket, Ontario as a part of the approved GO Expansion program. It will be built on Mulock Drive, between Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue. The station is to have approximately 550 parking spaces. A kiss and ride and a bus loop will also be provided at the station. Metrolinx expects the daily ridership at the station to be 3,891 in 2031. [1]

The station was originally proposed in 2015, as part of a larger list of potential future station sites. [2] On June 24, 2016, Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca announced that three new stations on the Barrie line corridor would be added as part of the RER plan: Kirby station in Vaughan, Mulock station in Newmarket, and Innisfil station in Innisfil. [3] Metrolinx later approved the plan for the new stations on June 28, 2016. [4]

The Town of Newmarket also plans to create the Mulock Station Area Secondary Plan, a plan to provide development to the area around the future station. The Secondary Plan will provide places of residence, places of work, convenient connections to transportation, social services, and parks and outdoor areas in an approximate 79 hectares (200 acres) of area around the station site, [5] with an estimated cost of C$240,000. [6]

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  5. "Mulock Station Area Secondary Plan" (PDF). newmarket.ca. Town of Newmarket. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2024.
  6. Latchford, Teresa. ""Newmarket forges forward with $240,000 plan to support Mulock GO station"". toronto.com.[ permanent dead link ]