Lincolnville GO Station

Lincolnville GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario in Canada. Lincolnville is the northeastern terminus of train service on the Stouffville line.

Lincolnville
Location6840 Bethesda Road,
Stouffville, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°59′43″N 79°14′00″W
Owned byMetrolinx
Platforms3 center platforms
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeShelters
Parking567 spaces + 2 electric vehicle charging stations
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: LI
Fare zone74
History
Opened2008
Passengers
201833,000[1]
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Stouffville
towards Union Station
 Stouffville Terminus

The station opened on September 2, 2008[2] after some delay; it had initially been projected to open the preceding June.[3] The station was referred to by the provisional name of Stouffville North before adopting the Lincolnville name and LCGO code partway through construction.[4][5] The station's code has since been changed to LI after a system-wide re-coding in late 2018.

Lincolnville station was built to relieve the line's previous terminus, Stouffville GO Station located in Stouffville proper, which could not expand its parking and had limited bus interchange capabilities. Constructed next to the existing Stouffville layover facility at 10th Line and Bethesda Road,[4] Lincolnville station cost $5.5m and extended passenger service approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) further from Union Station in Toronto. The station's park-and-ride catchment includes much of the municipality of Uxbridge, and it is seen a precursor to eventual GO Train service to the townsite of Uxbridge proper.[3] In 2010–2011, 410 additional parking spots will be built as well as a bus storage facility and crew centre.[6]

Historically, Lincolnville is the name of a hamlet which was located at the corner of Bloomington Road and Highway 47 (Old Concession 10 Road), divided between the townships of Uxbridge to the east and Whitchurch to the west.[7]

Bus connections

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References
  1. "Drivers of Ridership and Revenue" (PDF). Metrolinx. 2019-02-07. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  2. "Lincolnville GO station opening in September". Stouffville Sun-Tribune. July 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  3. Hayward, Jeff (March 21, 2008). "Uxbridge GO station on track for June". Uxbridge News-Journal. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  4. "Accessibility Plan 2008" (PDF). GO Transit. September 2007. p. 30. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  5. "Stations and Stops - Lincolnville". GO Transit. 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  6. Cf. Stouffville Sun-Tribune, More Parking in Stouffville, September 29, 2010.
  7. For a brief account of Lincolnville's early history, cf. Jean Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 108–109. See also the detailed 1878 historical map: Township of Whitchurch, Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).
  8. "70-71 Stouffville GO Train and Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  9. York Region Transit System Map Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
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