Danforth GO Station
 Danforth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 213 Main Street Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°41′12″N 79°17′57″W / 43.68667°N 79.29917°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |    Template:Ttcs 506  TTC buses | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | GO Transit: DA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 291,000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danforth GO Station is a railway station[2] on GO Transit's Lakeshore East and Stouffville lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is situated in the east end of Old Toronto, south west of the intersection of Main Street and Danforth Avenue. The station is short walk from Main Street station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway.
History
Because of a lack of available land to expand their existing downtown yard, the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) decided to build a new freight yard on farmland south of Danforth Avenue where the line to Montreal crossed Dawes Road, which had to be closed and traffic diverted to a new street called Main. The yard had a capacity of 420 cars and could store 31 locomotives in a roundhouse with adjacent repair shops.
The York Railway Station was built on the north side of the tracks just east of Main Street around 1883. The GTR became part of Canadian National Railways in 1923 and by the 1940s the yard was no longer used for freight and the roundhouse was demolished.[3] Under Canadian National the station became Danforth Railway Station.[4] The original GTR station building was demolished in 1974 and the current GO Transit facility was built in its place.[3]
Main-Danforth has been identified by Metrolinx as a transportation mobility hub as it is located at the interchange of two or more current or planned regional rapid transit lines.[5]
Connecting transit
Although the 506 Carlton streetcar, 64 Main and 135 Gerrard bus routes pass on Main Street, there are no stops immediately beside the GO Station. Similarly Main Street subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth is over 300 metres away, to the north of Danforth Avenue.
References
- ^ "Drivers of Ridership and Revenue" (PDF). Metrolinx. 2019-02-07. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Danforth GO Station Information". GO Transit. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Toronto East". All Aboard Toronto – Railways and the Growth of a City. Toronto Public Library. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014.
- ^ "York Railway Station negative". Toronto Public Library. 1953. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Main-Danforth Mobility Hub Profile" (PDF). Metrolinx. September 19, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
External links
Media related to Danforth GO Station at Wikimedia Commons- GO Transit station page for Danforth GO Station
