Bloomington GO Station is a train and bus station along the

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network, located in the extreme northeast corner of Richmond Hill,

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. The station primarily serves the community of Oak Ridges and the town of

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. It is the northern terminus of the

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train service which connects to

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. The station opened to the public on June 28, 2021. Construction of the station began in March 2017, a few months after the completion of the Gormley GO Station which opened in December 2016. The station site cost an estimated $82.4 million to develop, (final cost unconfirmed publicly) and the multi-level parking structure and integrated station building was built to satisfy LEED Gold certification.

Station facilities

The station is located on the south side of Bloomington Road ( York Regional Road 40) on the east side of the Canadian National Railway line and west of Highway 404, and consists of a single platform, building, bus loop,

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, and 998 parking spaces, 760 of which are in a 3-level parking garage. Land is reserved for a future

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parking lot managed by the

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. The large amount of parking spaces and overall land use around the station has attracted criticism from

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Service

, Bloomington GO is served by five round trips per weekday; all Toronto-bound during the morning and returning northbound during the afternoon. Additional weekday service to Toronto is provided by the 61 GO bus.

References

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