King City GO Station
| King City GO Station |
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| Address | 7 Station Road King City, Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 43°55′12″N 79°31′37.2″W / 43.92°N 79.527°WCoordinates: 43°55′12″N 79°31′37.2″W / 43.92°N 79.527°W | ||||||||||
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| Structure | Brick station building | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 358 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 September 1982 | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Code | GO Transit: KGGO | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 62 | ||||||||||
| Presto card | Yes | ||||||||||
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King City GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in King City, Ontario in Canada. It also serves the nearby communities of Nobleton, Oak Ridges, the northern parts of Maple (in Vaughan), and other communities in King Township. It is a stop on the Barrie line train service.
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[edit] History
The original King Station was built in 1852 at a location less than a kilometre north of the current station, adjacent to the community's inn. It was moved to the grounds of the King Township Museum in 1989, and was designated a heritage site in 1990.[1]
| “ | King Station, circa 1852. The oldest surviving railway station in Canada. Built by Northern Railway on lands donated by Isaac Dennis near his hotel in Springhill (now King City). Designed by F.W. Cumberland, architect, King Station witnessed Ontario's first steam locomotive "Toronto" on its inaugural run from Toronto to Machell's Corners (Aurora), May 16, 1853. | ” |
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[edit] GO Transit
The GO Station opened on 7 September 1982, with service only as far as Bradford.
In 2002, with infrastructure funding from the provincial government, GO Transit expanded the station's parking lot capacity from 111 spaces to 255.[2]
During 2004, the platform was extended in order to accommodate longer trainsets, thus removing any boarding restrictions that GO Transit had with this station prior to opening the extended rail platform. In addition, the extension also eliminated the problem of GO trains blocking a railroad crossing on Station Road while passengers boarded and disembarked.
Construction of a covered station building was completed in the summer of 2005, and a second parking lot on the west side of the tracks was opened in February 2006.[3]
[edit] Services
The station is served by five trains heading southbound to Toronto each workday morning, and five trains heading northbound to Barrie in the afternoons. No train service is provided on weekends or holidays.
Connecting York Region Transit and GO Buses serve the station from a bus stop on Keele Street at Station Road.
[edit] References
- ^ "King Railway Station 2920 King Road". The Corporation of the Township of King. http://www.king.ca/VISITORS/Heritage%20Sites/Pages/KingRailwayStation-2920KingRoad.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
- ^ "Province announces major parking expansion at King City GO Station". Government of Ontario Ministry of Transportation. 2002. http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/news/regional/2002/073102.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-28.
- ^ "King City station gets more parking". Customer Bulletins. GO Transit. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-03-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20060312205708/http://www.gotransit.com/PUBLIC/news/bulletin/Feb3_KingCityparking.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
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