Lisgar GO Station is a

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, Canada. It opened for service on September 4, 2007. The station is located at Argentia Road and Tenth Line, near the interchange of

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, and

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. It is named after the Lisgar neighbourhood in which it is located, which is itself named after

Lord Lisgar John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (31 August 1807 – 6 October 1876) was a British diplomat and politician. He served as Governor General of Canada (1869–72), Governor of New South Wales (1861–67) and as Chief Secretary for Ireland (1853–55). ...

, second

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from 1869–1872. The station was built to alleviate the congested

Meadowvale GO Station Meadowvale GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Milton line in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 6845 Millcreek Drive near Derry Road West and Winston Churchill Blvd., in the City of Mississauga in the com ...

, and to provide better service for the local community. The station provides parking spaces for 788 vehicles. Construction began on new canopies, walkways and shelters in August 2014 and was completed in early 2015. In spring 2009, a 50 kW

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was constructed at the station and was expected to supply up to 80% of the station's power. Taking advantage of the heavy prevailing winds from the west, the turbine is the first application of on-site wind generation for a North American transit system. However, after four years, the turbine was only producing 9% of its projected output.

Connecting buses

;MiWay: *32 Lisgar GO *38/38A Creditview ;Brampton Transit: *11 Steeles *

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;Milton Transit: *21 Steeles (starting September 6, 2022) ;GO Transit: *21 Milton/Torontohttps://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS05092020/Table21.pdf

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisgar Go Station GO Transit railway stations Galt Subdivision Railway stations in Canada opened in 2007 Railway stations in Mississauga 2007 establishments in Ontario