Richmond Hill GO Station

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General information
Location6 Newkirk Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°52′29″N79°25′35.4″W / 43.87472°N 79.426500°W / 43.87472; -79.426500
Owned by Metrolinx
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Connections York Region Transit logo.svg York Region Transit
Construction
Structure typeStation building with public washroom and waiting room
Parking1,229 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesyes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: RI
Fare zone50
History
OpenedApril 29, 1978 (1978-04-29) [1]
Services
Preceding station GO Transit logo.svg GO Transit Following station
Langstaff
towards Union Station
Richmond Hill Gormley
towards Bloomington
Former services at CN station
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Thornlea
toward Toronto
CapreolToronto Gormley
toward Capreol

Richmond Hill GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. It was the northern terminus of the Richmond Hill line train service from the service's inception in 1982 until the opening of Gormley GO Station on December 5, 2016.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Of all the Richmond Hill line stations, this is the only station that has a reduced length platform which accommodates 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 was scheduled to be extended to allow 12-car trains. A pedestrian bridge over Major Mackenzie Drive was built, and a new station building was planned but has not been built. [2] The train layover facility in Richmond Hill was opened in 2014. [3]

History

Original station in 1911 1906 Richmond Hill Station.jpg
Original station in 1911

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. [4]

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References

  1. "New Line is All Systems GO". The Toronto Star . April 30, 1978. p. A3. Retrieved April 23, 2024 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Modernizing Stations – Richmond Hill GO Station". GO Transit. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  3. Ministry of Transportation (December 1, 2014). "New GO Train Station on the Way for York Region". Newsroom. Ontario. Retrieved May 17, 2016. Construction of a new GO Station in Gormley is underway, extending the Richmond Hill line north to Stouffville Road.
  4. Robert M. Stamp (July 1991). "Rails through Richmond Hill: The Belated Arrival of the Age of Steam". Early Days in Richmond Hill. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  5. 61 Richmond Hill GO Train and Bus Schedule