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Gormley GO Station

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Owned by
  
Metrolinx

Parking
  
850 spaces

Station code
  
GO Transit: GORL

Province
  
Ontario

Platforms in use
  
1

Tracks
  
2 tracks

Bicycle facilities
  
yes

Opened
  
5 December 2016

Owner
  
Metrolinx

Gormley GO Station

Location
  
1650 Stouffville Road, Richmond Hill, Ontario

Address
  
1650 Stouffville Rd, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

Similar
  
Richmond Hill GO Station, Acton GO Station, Langstaff GO Station, Bowmanville GO Station, Bradford GO Station

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Gormley GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, serving Oak Ridges and the Whitchurch–Stouffville community of Gormley. It became the terminus of the Richmond Hill line train service when it opened on 5 December 2016, though the line will eventually extend beyond this station to Bloomington GO Station.

Contents

The station is located on the north side of Stouffville Road (York Regional Road 14) on the east side of the railway, west of Highway 404. It features a single platform with heated shelters and a snow-melting system, a station building, a bus loop, a kiss and ride and 850 car parking spaces. The station building has a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification.

Historic Gormley Station

In 1907 a two storey station was built by the James Bay Railway, south of the original Stouffville Sideroad. The name of the company changed to the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway, and later to the Canadian Northern Railway and was ultimately merged into the Canadian National Railway in 1923.

The Gormley railway station was demolished in the early 1970s. Station Road, which once led to station, is now a narrow dead-end street that gives access to a few homes and businesses from Gormley Road.

Gormley GO Station

The Gormley GO Station was constructed north of Stouffville Road, approximately 600 metres north of the site of the historic train station. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the station was held on 1 December 2016, and regular service began on Monday 5 December 2016.

Construction of the station and its building cost approximately C$22 million. The station's construction was originally delayed due to environmental concerns, and started in 2014. A nearby layover train storage facility with capacity of six trains was built simultaneously, and cost about C$85 million. The layover facility opened in 2014.

Services

Gormley Station is served by five southbound train trips to Union Station on weekday mornings, and five northbound trips returning to Gormley on weekday evenings. A handful of additional trips between Gormley and Union Station are operated by GO Transit bus route 61 outside of peak periods.

References

Gormley GO Station Wikipedia