Unionville GO Station

Unionville
Unionville
General information
Location	155 YMCA Boulevard; Markham, Ontario; Canada
Coordinates	43°51′06″N 79°18′52″W / 43.85167°N 79.31444°W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	GO Transit bus services; York Region Transit; Viva Rapid Transit
Construction
Structure type	Station building with public washroom and waiting room
Parking	1620 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Rack
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: UI
Fare zone	71
History
Opened	1991
Rebuilt	2005
Passengers
Apr–Jul 2019	204,700 5.6%
Services

Unionville GO Station is a train and bus station^[2] in the GO Transit network located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Stouffville line, and the northern terminus of most of its off-peak train services. The station is also served by Highway 407 East Express buses, which run westbound to Highway 407 station, northbound to Mount Joy GO Station, and eastbound to the Oshawa Bus Terminal.

Construction at the station is ongoing to double track section with additional platform to be added to allow for enhanced all day service on the Stouffville line.

Old Unionville Station

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 is 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.^{[citation needed]} It is located on Station Lane, near Main Street Unionville.

The current station was built in 1991 to replace the old Unionville Station. The newer station was renovated and re-opened in April 2005 and accessed by a service road from Kennedy Road north of Highway 407.

Viva

Unionville Station is also served by York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system. Bus service began on October 16, 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 November 19, 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 January 2, 2006.

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

Connecting bus routes

GO Transit

52 407 East (Oshawa–Highway 407 Bus Terminal)
54 407 East (Markham–Highway 407 Bus Terminal) (weekdays only)
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

^ "Metrolinx releases updated GO Transit ridership map – System sees almost five per cent bump in GO train boardings". Metrolinx. September 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
^ "Unionville GO Station Information". GO Transit. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

External links

Media related to Unionville GO Station at Wikimedia Commons
GO Transit station page for Unionville GO Station

[1] "Metrolinx releases updated GO Transit ridership map – System sees almost five per cent bump in GO train boardings". Metrolinx. September 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.

[2] "Unionville GO Station Information". GO Transit. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

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Lakeshore West line	Union Station Exhibition Park Lawn † Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation † Grimsby † St. Catharines Niagara Falls
Milton line	Union Station Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton
Kitchener line	Union Station King–Liberty † Bloor St. Clair–Old Weston † Mount Dennis † Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau † Kitchener (Kitchener Central †)
Barrie line	Union Station Spadina–Front † Bloor–Lansdowne † Caledonia † Downsview Park Rutherford Maple Kirby † King City Aurora Mulock † Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil † Barrie South Allandale Waterfront
Richmond Hill line	Union Station Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington
Stouffville line	Union Station Kennedy Agincourt Finch–Kennedy † Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Old Elm
Lakeshore East line	Union Station East Harbour † Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners East † Ritson Road † Courtice † Bowmanville †
Union Pearson Express	Union Station Bloor Mount Dennis † Weston Pearson Airport
Former or proposed station sites	Lawrence–Kennedy York University
Bus terminals	Bramalea Brampton Cornell Finch Highway 407 Kipling McMaster University Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Station University of Waterloo York Mills Yorkdale
Miscellaneous	History Fares Rail services Bus services Fleet Expansion GO-ALRT
See also	Metrolinx Presto card SmartTrack The Big Move
† and italics denotes a future station

v t e York Region Transit / Viva
Routes	Viva Blue Viva Green Viva Orange Viva Pink Viva Purple Viva Silver Viva Yellow
Terminals	Bernard Cornell Don Mills Finch Major Mackenzie West Markham Stouffville Hospital Newmarket Pioneer Village Promenade Richmond Hill Centre Unionville GO Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Vaughan Mills
Rapidways	Davis Drive Green Lane Highway 7 Yonge Street
Predecessors	Aurora Transit Markham Transit Newmarket Transit Richmond Hill Transit Vaughan Transit