Owned by Metrolinx Connections YRT buses Opened 1 May 1978 Phone +1 416-869-3200 Platforms in use 1 | Tracks 3 Parking 1229 spaces Province Ontario Owner Metrolinx | |
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Location 6 Newkirk Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada Structure type Station building with public washroom and waiting room Address 6 Newkirk Rd, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 2C5, Canada Similar Langstaff GO Station, Gormley GO Station, Richmond Hill Centre Terminal, Lincolnville GO Station, Unionville GO Station | ||
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Richmond Hill GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. It was the northern terminus of the Richmond Hill line train service from the services inception in 1982 until the opening of Gormley GO Station on 5 December 2016.
Contents
Out of the all the Richmond Hill line stations, this is the only station that has a reduced length platform (accommodating only up to an L8 consist, a trainset consisting of eight Bombardier BiLevel Coaches and at least one locomotive. Beginning in the spring of 2015, the platform was scheduled to be extended to allow 12-car trains. A pedestrian bridge over Major Mackenzie Drive and a new station building will also be constructed. The train layover facility in Richmond Hill was opened in 2014.
History
The original Richmond Hill railway station was a single storey clapboard building, located on the north side of Centre Street East, just a short distance north of the current station. Built in 1906 by the James Bay Railway the station was closed by Canadian National Railway in 1968 and the building was relocated in 1979 to Richmond Green, at Elgin Mills Road and Leslie Street, to serve as a clubhouse for local minor soccer teams.
The Richmond Hill GO Station will become a terminus for the planned Viva Silver, once that service begins operation after the opening of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station.
Connecting buses
York Region Transit:
GO Transit: