Lincolnville GO Station

Lincolnville
Location 6840 Bethesda Road,
Stouffville, Ontario
Country
Coordinates 43°59′43″N 79°14′00″W / 43.99528°N 79.23333°W / 43.99528; -79.23333Coordinates: 43°59′43″N 79°14′00″W / 43.99528°N 79.23333°W / 43.99528; -79.23333
Owned by Metrolinx
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Shelters
Parking 567 spaces + 2 electric vehicle charging stations
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GO Transit: LCGO
Fare zone 74
History
Opened 2008
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station
StouffvilleTerminus

Lincolnville GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario in Canada. Lincolnville is the northeastern terminus of train service on the Stouffville line.

The station opened on September 2, 2008[1] after some delay; it had initially been projected to open the preceding June.[2] The station was referred to by the provisional name of Stouffville North before adopting the Lincolnville name and LCGO code partway through construction.[3][4]

Lincolnville station was built to relieve the line's previous terminus, Stouffville GO Station located in Stouffville proper, which could not expand its parking and had limited bus interchange capabilities. Constructed next to the existing Stouffville layover facility at 10th Line and Bethesda Road.,[3] Lincolnville station cost $5.5m and extended passenger service approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) further from Union Station in Toronto. The station's park-and-ride catchment includes much of the municipality of Uxbridge, and it is seen a precursor to eventual GO Train service to the townsite of Uxbridge proper.[2] In 2010–2011, 410 additional parking spots will be built as well as a bus storage facility and crew centre.[5]

Historically, Lincolnville is the name of a hamlet which was located at the corner of Bloomington Road and Highway 47 (Old Concession 10 Road), divided between the townships of Uxbridge to the east and Whitchurch to the west.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lincolnville GO station opening in September". Stouffville Sun-Tribune. July 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  2. 1 2 Hayward, Jeff (March 21, 2008). "Uxbridge GO station on track for June". Uxbridge News-Journal. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  3. 1 2 "Accessibility Plan 2008" (PDF). GO Transit. September 2007. p. 30. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Stations and Stops - Lincolnville". GO Transit. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  5. ↑ Cf. Stouffville Sun-Tribune, More Parking in Stouffville, September 29, 2010.
  6. ↑ For a brief account of Lincolnville's early history, cf. Jean Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 108–109. See also the detailed 1878 historical map: Township of Whitchurch, Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).
  7. ↑ 70-71 Stouffville GO Train and Bus Schedule
  8. ↑ York Region Transit System Map

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