Richmond Hill GO Station
Railway station in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 service's inception in 1982 until the opening of Gormley GO Station on December 5, 2016.[citation needed]
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Location | 6 Newkirk Road Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°52′29″N 79°25′35.4″W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
Connections | York Region Transit | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Station building with public washroom and waiting room | ||||||||||||
Parking | 1,229 spaces | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | GO Transit: RI | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 50 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | April 29, 1978 (1978-04-29)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Of all the Richmond Hill line stations, this is the only station that has a reduced length platform which accommodates 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 was built, and a new station building was planned but has not been built.[2] The train layover facility in Richmond Hill was opened in 2014.[3]