Guildwood GO Station explained

Guildwood
Style:Via Rail
Address:4105 Kingston Road
Toronto, Ontario
Country:Canada
Coordinates:43.755°N -79.1983°W
Other: TTC buses
Structure:Staffed station; tunnels and elevators to all tracks
Platform:1 side platform, 1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:3
Parking:1,348 spaces
Bicycle:6 bicycle lockers, city managed bike parking, free bike racks, Bixi rentals
Opened:[1] (CN intercity trains), (GO Transit commuter trains)
Accessible:Yes
Code:Via Rail: GUIL
Owned:Metrolinx
Zone:08
Passengers:242,000[2]
Pass Year:2018
Pass System:GO Transit

Guildwood GO Station is a GO Transit train station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3] It is located on Kingston Road in the Guildwood neighbourhood of the district of Scarborough. The station is situated on the CN Kingston Subdivision. It is a stop on the Lakeshore East line and also for intercity Via Rail Corridor services running from Toronto to Ottawa and Montreal.

History

The station was opened on April 4, 1967, by the Canadian National Railway, with GO Transit following a month later. Intercity services passed to Via Rail in 1979. The station is located east of the Grand Trunk Railway's Markham Road Crossing north of Eglinton Avenue.

The station was meant to provide an easy connection to Toronto Transit Commission buses along Kingston Road, as well as car parking. Since the commuter train service was initially only a demonstration, the land close to the overpass, and the bus stop, could not be acquired due to the cost.[4] This resulted in quite a long walk for pedestrians using local transit.

The station has long served as (Metro) Toronto's secondary intercity rail station, providing a second option for Via riders traveling through Toronto alongside the busier Toronto Union Station.

In May 2018, both platforms were closed at the west end for constructing more tunnels on the west platform, and further station building upgrades. GO Trains only opened the five east-end coaches of each train.[5] [6] Construction was completed on July 3, 2019.[7]

Connecting transit

Bus route 86 Scarborough and all of its branch routes, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), stop on Kingston Road and Celeste Drive, the intersection closest to the station. The route operates between Kennedy station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth and the Toronto Zoo. The station is also served by the 12D Kingston Road bus, a local bus route that operates rush hours only between Victoria Park station on Line 2 and the University of Toronto Scarborough, the 905 Eglinton East Express, an express bus route that terminates at the University of Toronto Scarborough and the 986 Scarborough Express, an express bus route that terminates at the Meadowvale Loop.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CN Guildwood Station. The Globe and Mail. April 28, 1967. 10.
  2. Web site: Drivers of Ridership and Revenue . 4 . 2019-02-07 . . 2019-01-31 . February 1, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013557/http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pdf/board_agenda/20190207/20190207_BoardMtg_Ridership_EN.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Guildwood GO Station Information . GO Transit . February 20, 2019.
  4. Web site: Building GO-Transit . Wilfred Sergeant . 2004 . 8: Locating the stations . HTA PRESS. March 26, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326024756/http://historicaltextarchive.com/books.php?action=nextchapter&bid=63&cid=8.
  5. Web site: Service Updates . www.gotransit.com. May 15, 2018.
  6. Web site: Guildwood GO Station Improvements . May 15, 2018 . September 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930215050/https://www.gotransit.com/en/the-future-go/improvements/guildwood . dead .
  7. News: Metrolinx celebrates new Guildwood GO station building in Scarborough . toronto.com . July 3, 2019 . September 8, 2020.
  8. Web site: 86 Scarborough. TTC.