Richmond Hill GO Station

Richmond Hill

Location

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

Connections

YRT buses

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

History

Opened

May 1, 1978

Services

Preceding station		GO Transit		Following station
Langstaff toward Union Station		Richmond Hill		Terminus

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.

Currently, the Northbound terminating trains during the evening peak hours have to be driven back to Union Station for further services or to Willowbrook Yard for storage, as there are no facilities nearby to keep the trains charged during the off-peak hours. However, there are plans for wayside power to be installed near the station to maintain train-schedule reliability within the rail line.

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]

History

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.^[2]

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^[3]

References

↑ "Modernizing Stations – Richmond Hill GO Station". GO Transit. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
↑ 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.
↑ 61 Richmond Hill GO Train and Bus Schedule

External links

Media related to Richmond Hill GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit station page for Richmond Hill GO Station

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Municipality	Richmond Hill Oak Ridges Wilcox Lake

Government	Elections ‎Mayors Richmond Hill Town Council Electoral districts: Oak Ridges—Markham (federal, provincial), Richmond Hill (federal, provincial)

Education	Public: Alexander Mackenzie High School Bayview Secondary School Langstaff Secondary School Richmond Green Secondary School Richmond Hill High School Catholic: Jean Vanier Catholic High School St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School Private: Academy for Gifted Children Holy Trinity School

Culture	History People Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts Richmond Hill Heritage Centre

Business and services	David Dunlap Observatory Hillcrest Mall Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital Richmond Hill Public Library

Sport	Richmond Green Richmond Hill Curling Club Richmond Hill Rams

Transportation	Richmond Hill Transit Richmond Hill line Gormley GO Station Richmond Hill GO Station Langstaff GO Station Richmond Hill Centre Terminal Ontario Highway 404 Yonge Street

Town People

GO Transit

Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡

Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton

Kitchener line	Union Bloor Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Kitchener

Barrie line	Union Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple King City Aurora Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Barrie South Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley ^† Bloomington ^†

Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Agincourt Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville

Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card Union Pearson Express The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

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