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. It is the northern terminus of the Richmond Hill line train service, which connects to Union Station in Toronto.[2][3][4] The station opened to the public on June 28, 2021.[1]
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| Location | 1796 Bloomington Road, Richmond Hill, Ontario | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°58′33″N 79°23′50″W / 43.97583°N 79.39722°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Richmond Hill line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 998 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bike shelters with platform access | ||||||||||
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| Station code | GO Transit: BM | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 98 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 28, 2021[1] | ||||||||||
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Construction of the station began in March 2017,[3] a few months after the completion of the Gormley GO Station, which opened in December 2016.[2] The station site cost an estimated $82.4 million to develop[3] (the final cost was unconfirmed publicly), and the multi-level parking structure and integrated station building was built to satisfy LEED Gold certification.[5]
Station facilities
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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. It consists of a single platform, building, bus loop, kiss and ride, and 998 parking spaces, 760 of which are in a 3-level parking garage.[6][7][8] Land is reserved for a future carpool parking lot managed by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[7]
Service
editAs of September 2021[update], Bloomington GO is served by four 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.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (June 16, 2021). "Ontario to Officially Open New Bloomington GO Station" (Press release). Government of Ontario. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ a b "Bloomington Station GO Station Improvements". GO Transit. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018.
- ^ a b c Zarzour, Kim (24 March 2017). "New GO station extends Richmond Hill line to Bloomington and Highway 404". Richmond Hill Liberal. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ Persico, Amanda (April 10, 2019). "New Bloomington GO station rising in Richmond Hill". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
Construction continues to 2020 on new train, bus station
- ^ "Construction begins for York Region GO station". Daily Commercial News. DCN News Service. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Richmond Hill Layover Facility EA and Preliminary Design" (PDF). AECOM Canada Ltd. August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ a b "Richmond Hill GO line". Metrolinx. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Bloomington GO Station". Metrolinx. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Richmond Hill GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
External links
edit- Bloomington GO Station construction at Metrolinx
- IBI Group (November 2016). "Environmental Study Report Addendum - Bloomington GO Station" (PDF). Metrolinx. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2017.
- Inside the new Bloomington GO Station on YouTube, Metrolinx video published June 28, 2021
- Toronto's Newest Train Station is NOW OPEN! Bloomington GO on YouTube published on 29 June 2021