Richmond Hill GO Station is a train and bus station in the

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network located in Richmond Hill,

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. It was the northern terminus of the

Richmond Hill line Richmond Hill is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It operates between Union Station in Toronto to Bloomington GO Station in the north in Richmond Hill. Trains on the line opera ...

train service from the service's inception in 1982 until the opening of Gormley GO Station on December 5, 2016. 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

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es 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 York Region, located in southcentral Ontario, Canada, assigned approximately 50 regional roads, each with a number ranging from 1 to 99. All expenses of York Regional Roads (for example, snow shovelling, road repairs, traffic lights) are funded ...

was built, and a new station building was planned but has not been built. The train layover facility in Richmond Hill was opened in 2014.

History

The original Richmond Hill railway station was a single

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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

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in 1968 and the building was relocated in 1979 to

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, 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 buses, once that service begins operation in 2022.

Connecting buses

York Region Transit: *4 Major Mackenzie (West) *25 Major Mackenzie (East) *82 Valleymede *86 Newkirk-Red Maple GO Transit: *61

Bloomington GO Station Bloomington GO Station is a train and bus station along the GO Transit network, located in the extreme northeast corner of Richmond Hill, Ontario. The station primarily serves the community of Oak Ridges and the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville ...

Union Station Bus Terminal The Union Station Bus Terminal is the central intercity bus terminal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Downtown Toronto on the second floor of the south tower of CIBC Square, on the northeast corner of Bay Street and Lake Shore Boul ...

61 Richmond Hill GO Train and Bus Schedule
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Richmond Hill Go Station Railway stations in Richmond Hill, Ontario GO Transit railway stations Railway stations in Canada opened in 1978 1978 establishments in Ontario