Scarborough GO Station explained

Scarborough
Style:GO Transit
Address:3615 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario
M1N 3W6
Other: TTC buses
Platform:1 side and 1 island platform
Tracks:3 + 1 bypass
Parking:626 spaces
Bicycle:6 lockers
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Metrolinx
Zone:06
Passengers:225,000[1]
Pass Year:2018
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes

Scarborough GO Station is a train station served by GO Transit's Lakeshore East line, located in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2]

The station is located south of St. Clair Avenue, just west of Midland Avenue, at the end of Reeve Avenue. A footpath connects the community through Natal Park, from the southwest end of the parking lot. Elevator construction was completed in mid-February 2010 making the station fully accessible.

Formerly known as Scarborough Junction, the station had originally been located northeast of St. Clair Avenue on the west side of Midland Avenue, where the Stouffville line now branches off to the north on what was previously the CN Uxbridge Subdivision. The first station built in the 1850s was replaced by a 1871 station that burned down in 1960 in what is now a vacant area.[3] The Scarborough Junction neighbourhood was named after the station. In 1967, the present station was relocated and opened for GO Transit service.[4]

Connecting transit

Directly served on the street in front of the station by Toronto Transit Commission bus routes 9 Bellamy and 102 Markham Rd, and nearby routes 12 Kingston Rd, 16 McCowan, 20 Cliffside and 113 Danforth which also allow for discounted transfers when connecting to or from GO Transit trains at this station.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drivers of Ridership and Revenue . 4 . 2019-02-07 . . 2019-01-31.
  2. Web site: Scarborough GO Station Information. GO Transit. February 20, 2019.
  3. Web site: Scarborough Junction Station .
  4. Web site: Building GO-Transit. Wilfred Sergeant. 2004. 8: Locating the stations. HTA PRESS. March 29, 2014.
  5. Web site: TTC Times Two with GO Transit. Toronto Transit Commission. If you ride the TTC immediately before and after a GO Train/Bus trip, you can use the TTC transfer from your first TTC ride to board the second TTC vehicle. March 29, 2014.