Stouffville GO Station
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| Address | 127 Main St. W. Stouffville, Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 43°58′15″N 79°15′00″W / 43.97083°N 79.25°WCoordinates: 43°58′15″N 79°15′00″W / 43.97083°N 79.25°W | ||||||||||
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| Structure | Historic station building | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 228 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1869 T&NR | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 7 September 1982 (GOT) | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Code | GO Transit: SVGO | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 74 | ||||||||||
| Presto card | Yes | ||||||||||
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Stouffville GO Station is a train station in the GO Transit network located in Stouffville, Ontario in Canada. It was the terminus on the Stouffville line train service until the line was extended to Lincolnville on September 2, 2008. Buses serve the station from stops on the street due to space limitations.
The station site was expanded to include more parking in the west lot. Construction was completed in July 2005. The wheelchair-accessible mini-platform is available once again.
York-Durham Heritage Railway runs historical trains between the station and Uxbridge on summer weekends.
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[edit] History
The Toronto and Nipissing Railway was completed in 1871, connecting Stouffville and Uxbridge with Toronto. The line's north-eastern terminus at Coboconk, Ontario on Balsam Lake in the Kawarthas, was completed in 1872.[1] In 1877, a second track was built from Stouffville north to Jackson's Point on Lake Simcoe. These connections were created in large part to provide a reliable and efficient means of transporting timber harvested and milled in these regions.[2] Soon Stouffville Junction serviced thirty trains per day.[3] The railway became the Grand Trunk Railway in 1884, and Canadian National Railways took over the line in 1914.[4]
[edit] Connecting YRT transit
- 15 Stouffville Local
[edit] References
- ^ Jean Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 97.
- ^ A Brief History of Whitchurch-Stouffville (Part 3), Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville (official website).
- ^ Jean Barkey, Stouffville, 1877-1977 (Stouffville, ON: Stouffville Historical Committee), 19; 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).
- ^ Barkey, Stouffville, 1877-1977, 19.
[edit] External links
- GO Transit station page for Stouffville GO Station
- York-Durham Heritage Railway
- Stouffville Community Policing Centre
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