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==Services==
==Services==
As of September 2017, King City station has weekday service consisting of 8 trains southbound to [[Union Station (Toronto)|Union Station]] in the morning, 7 trains northbound to [[Allandale Waterfront GO Station]] in the afternoon and 1 train northbound to Bradford in the evening. <ref name=2017Schedule>{{cite web |url=http://www.gotransit.com/timetables/en/PDF/Timetables/09171217/Table65.pdf |title=Barrie Line 2017 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 September 2017 |website= |publisher=GO Transit |access-date=6 September 2017 |df= }}</ref>
As of January 2018, train service operates every 15 minutes in the morning peak period, every 30 minutes in the afternoon peak period and every hour at other times. Outside of peak periods, most trains terminate at Aurora with connecting buses for stations further north.<ref name=2018Schedule>{{cite web |url=http://www.gotransit.com/timetables/en/PDF/Timetables/12170418/Table65.pdf |title=Barrie Line 2018 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=30 December 2017 |website= |publisher=GO Transit |access-date=30 December 2017 |df= }}</ref>


Weekend train service operates every 75 minutes between Toronto and Aurora, and 3 trains per day cover the entire route from Toronto to Barrie. Trains terminating in Aurora have bus connections there for stations further north.<ref name=2017Schedule/>
On weekends and holidays, service operates every hour to and from Union Station, with most trains terminating at Aurora station. Three daily trains in each direction cover the full route from Barrie to Toronto, while the remainder have bus connections at Aurora station for stations further north.<ref name=2018Schedule/>


Connecting [[York Region Transit]] and [[List of GO Bus Routes|GO buses]] serve the station from a bus stop on Keele Street at Station Road.
Connecting [[York Region Transit]] and [[List of GO Bus Routes|GO buses]] serve the station from a bus stop on Keele Street at Station Road.

Revision as of 21:07, 30 December 2017

King City
General information
Location7 Station Road
King City, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°55′12″N 79°31′37.2″W / 43.92000°N 79.527000°W / 43.92000; -79.527000
Owned byMetrolinx
Platforms1 side platform, 250m long[1]
Tracks1
Connections York Region Transit
Construction
Structure typeBrick station building
Parking555 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: KGGO
Fare zone62
History
Opened7 September 1982
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station
Template:GO Transit lines

King City GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in King City, Ontario in Canada. It also serves the nearby communities of Nobleton, Oak Ridges, the northern parts of Maple (in Vaughan), and other communities in King Township. It is a stop on the Barrie line train service.

History

Original King Station in background

The original King Station was built in 1852 at a location less than a kilometre north of the current station, adjacent to the community's inn. It was moved to the grounds of the King Township Museum in 1989, and was designated a heritage site in 1990.[2]

King Station, circa 1852. The oldest surviving railway station in Canada. Built by Northern Railway on lands donated by Isaac Dennis near his hotel in Springhill (now King City). Designed by F.W. Cumberland, architect, King Station witnessed Ontario's first steam locomotive "Toronto" on its inaugural run from Toronto to Machell's Corners (Aurora), May 16, 1853.

— Heritage plaque text

GO Transit

The GO Station opened on 7 September 1982, with service only as far as Bradford.

In 2002, with infrastructure funding from the provincial government, GO Transit expanded the station's parking lot capacity from 111 spaces to 255.[3]

During 2004, the platform was extended in order to accommodate longer trainsets, thus removing any boarding restrictions that GO Transit had with this station prior to opening the extended rail platform. In addition, the extension also eliminated the problem of GO trains blocking a railroad crossing on Station Road while passengers boarded and disembarked.

Construction of a covered station building was completed in the summer of 2005, and a second parking lot on the west side of the tracks was opened in February 2006.[4]

Services

As of January 2018, train service operates every 15 minutes in the morning peak period, every 30 minutes in the afternoon peak period and every hour at other times. Outside of peak periods, most trains terminate at Aurora with connecting buses for stations further north.[5]

On weekends and holidays, service operates every hour to and from Union Station, with most trains terminating at Aurora station. Three daily trains in each direction cover the full route from Barrie to Toronto, while the remainder have bus connections at Aurora station for stations further north.[5]

Connecting York Region Transit and GO buses serve the station from a bus stop on Keele Street at Station Road.

Ridership

Daily train boarding at the station has increased from 199 in 2005 to a peak of 680 in 2008.[6] In 2012, there were 655 daily boardings,[6] or approximately 170,000 riders annually. GO Transit bus route 63, which travels between the King City GO Station and Union Station Bus Terminal via Maple and Rutherford GO stations, [7] served a daily average of 450 riders at this station in 2012.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Metrolinx 2010, p. 160.
  2. ^ Township of King.
  3. ^ Ministry of Transportation 2002.
  4. ^ GO Transit 2006.
  5. ^ a b "Barrie Line 2018" (PDF). GO Transit. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Township of King: Transportation Master Plan, p. 17.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2017Schedule was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

References

Media related to King City GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

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