Bloor GO Station
| Bloor GO Station |
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 The east platform of Bloor GO Station, looking north. |
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| Address | 1456 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′28″N 79°27′03″W / 43.65778°N 79.45083°WCoordinates: 43°39′28″N 79°27′03″W / 43.65778°N 79.45083°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Shelter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | None | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | GO Transit: BOGO | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 02 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Presto card | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bloor GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Kitchener line, located in Toronto, Canada, at 1456 Bloor Street West, between Lansdowne Avenue and Dundas Street West. It is nearby Dundas West station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the Toronto Subway and RT. The West Toronto RailPath runs along the eastern side of the station, providing a pedestrian and cyclist connection to the neighbourhoods to the north, east, and south. The Crossways shopping mall and apartment complex is located to the west of the station.
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[edit] Overview
Eastbound and westbound GO trains on this line use the Weston Subdivision of the Canadian National Railway, locally oriented northwest-southeast; there is one platform on each of the two tracks. Parallel to these tracks, running along their southwest side, is the Galt Subdivision of the Canadian Pacific Railway, also double-track; this carries GO trains on the Milton line, but they do not stop at Bloor station. However, GO plans to include the station as part of Milton line services.[1]
Until 1996 there was a fifth parallel track on the other side of the CN line, which also belonged to CP and was used for access to local industries; its former right-of-way is now used for the West Toronto RailPath. Bloor Street dips down here to cross under all the tracks, and the station is reached by stairs from its north sidewalk.
The ticket sales office at Bloor station was closed in April 2008; tickets are sold only by vending machines. It is one of the system's few stations with no parking lot.
Only 200 passengers use the station per day, but that is expected to increase to 1,000 with the opening of the new Air Rail Link. Metrolinx is projecting 2,000 riders will use the station daily by 2031.[2]
[edit] Expansion
Bloor GO Station will be a stop on the new Air Rail Link running from Union Station to Toronto Pearson International Airport. It is being designed and built by Metrolinx in time for the 2015 Pan American Games. The agency will also own and operate the line.[3]
Dundas West subway station predates GO Transit, and its only entrance is on Dundas Street, so passengers connecting to Bloor station must walk for some 200 m along Dundas and Bloor Streets. Since the subway platforms happen to extend eastward from the station entrance, a direct tunnel from the GO station to the other end of the subway station would be relatively short. In March 2011, Metrolinx announced plans to improve the Bloor Street entrance by tunnelling a small concourse next to the sidewalk, and to create a second access from the TTC platforms in an under-track tunnel.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "GO rail Options Benefits Case Assessment" (PDF). p. 9. http://www.metrolinx.com/Docs/Agendas/May19_10/GO_BCA-Interim_Report_May_2010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ "GO and TTC make a connection at Dundas West" Tess Kalinowski, Toronto Star. March 22 2011
- ^ "Airport link plan tackles fears in Weston area, premier says" By Tess Kalinowski & Rob Benzie, Toronto Star. January 22 2009
- ^ "Dundas West - Bloor Mobility Hub Public Open House". Metrolinx. http://www.metrolinx.com/mx/en/consultations/publicconsultations_DWB.aspx. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Bloor GO Station at Wikimedia Commons
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