Owned by Metrolinx Bicycle facilities Racks Opened 1883 Rebuilt 1974 Platforms in use 1 | Tracks 3 Disabled access Yes Province Ontario Owner Metrolinx | |
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Location 213 Main Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada Connections Main Street (TTC)
506 TTC buses Address 213 Main St, Toronto, ON M4E 2H2, Canada Similar Scarborough GO Station, Exhibition GO Station, Agincourt GO Station, Etobicoke North GO Station, York University GO Station | ||
Stouffville go train passing danforth go station
Danforth GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Lakeshore East line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is situated in the east end of the old City of Toronto, at Main Street, south of Danforth Avenue. The TTC's Main Street station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway is a short distance to the north, but is not connected to it directly.
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- Stouffville go train passing danforth go station
- Go transit cab car 319 departing danforth go station
- History
- Connecting transit
- References
Select trains on the GO Transit Stouffville line stop at the station as part of a year-long pilot project that began on February 2, 2015. Other Stouffville trains pass through the station without stopping.
Go transit cab car 319 departing danforth go station
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 capicity 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. Under Canadian National the station became Danforth Railway Station. The original GTR station building was demolished in 1974 and the current GO Transit facility was built in its place.
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.
Connecting transit
Although the 506 Carlton streetcar, and 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 the Bloor–Danforth line is over 300 metres distant, to the north of Danforth Avenue.