Unionville GO Station

Unionville

Location

155 YMCA Boulevard
Markham, Ontario
Canada

Coordinates

43°51′06″N 79°18′52″W / 43.85167°N 79.31444°WCoordinates: 43°51′06″N 79°18′52″W / 43.85167°N 79.31444°W

Owned by

Metrolinx

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Connections

GO Bus

YRT buses

Viva Pink

Construction

Structure type

Station building with public washroom and waiting room

Parking

1620 spaces

Bicycle facilities

Rack

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

GO Transit: UVGO

Fare zone

History

Opened

1991

Rebuilt

2005

Services

Preceding station		GO Transit		Following station
Milliken toward Union Station		Stouffville		Centennial toward Lincolnville

Unionville GO Station is a train and bus station^[1] in the GO Transit network located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Stouffville commuter railway line. This station is also served by Highway 407 East Express buses, which run westbound to York University, northbound to Mount Joy GO Station, and eastbound to the Oshawa Bus Terminal.

Old Unionville Station

The original Unionville station, closed in 1991

The original Unionville Station was built in 1871 by the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, and was used by GO Transit from 1982 to 1991. GO train service ended at the station on Friday May 3, 1991 and service began at the current GO station the following Monday, May 6.

The old station building has been restored and now used as a community centre. Like Markham GO Station, this station features classic Canadian Railway Style with elements of Vernacular Carpenter Gothic architecture of the 19th Century.

The station was built in 1991 to replace the old Unionville Station on Main Street Unionville. GO Trains stopped at the old station from 1982 to 1991. The newer station was renovated and re-opened in April 2005 and accessed by a service road from Kennedy Road north of Highway 407.

Unionville would be the north-eastern terminus of the SmartTrack rail service proposed in 2014 by Toronto mayor John Tory.^[2]

Viva

Unionville Station is also served by York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system. Bus service began on 16 October 2005, with buses stopping near Kennedy Road at the railway station. Unionville Station is the eastern terminus of peak services on the Viva Pink services to Richmond Hill Centre and Finch Station.

Because the nearby Enterprise Drive was not finished when Viva services in the area began, this station served as a temporary Vivastation for the Viva Purple line until 19 November 2005, with both Viva Purple and Viva Green buses having to go on a detour on Highway 407 nearby. Viva Pink services were added on 2 January 2006.

Currently, Viva Green and Viva Purple serve the Enterprise vivastation nearby.

Although this is the eastern terminus station for the Viva Pink line, there are no multiRide ticket vending machines - only oneRide ticket vending machines.

Connecting bus routes

GO Transit

52 407 East (Oshawa-York University)
54 407 East (Markham-York University) (Weekdays only)
70 Stouffville (Provides connections further along the line to/from trains that start/stop at Unionville)
71 Stouffville ("Train-bus" for Stouffville Line when trains do not operate)

York Region Transit

8 Kennedy
42 Berczy (Rush Hour only)
202 Unionville GO Shuttle
204 Berczy GO Shuttle
Viva Pink (Rush Hour only)
Viva Green (board at nearby Enterprise vivastation; Rush hour only)
Viva Purple (board at nearby Enterprise vivastation)

References

↑ "Unionville GO Station— TRAIN & BUS STATION". GO Transit. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
↑ http://www.johntory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/OneToronto_Backgrounder_Three_Smart_Track_Line.pdf

External links

Media related to Unionville GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit station page for Unionville GO Station

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

York Region Transit / Viva

Routes	Viva Blue Viva Purple Viva Orange Viva Green Viva Pink Viva Yellow

Terminals	Bernard Cornell Don Mills (TTC) Downsview (TTC) Finch Markville Mall Newmarket Promenade Richmond Hill Centre Vaughan Mills Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Wonderland York University Markham Stouffville Hospital Unionville GO Station

Rapidways	Davis Drive Green Lane Highway 7 Yonge Street Rapidway

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