Milliken GO Station

Milliken GO Station is a GO Transit train station[2] located in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the city's northern border. It is located in the neighbourhood of Milliken, Ontario.[3][4] The station originally opened on September 7, 1982[5] on the Stouffville line but was relocated on September 6, 2005 because the curve of the original station made it difficult for the operator to see, and it would allow a parking lot to be built on the other side, along with making the station accessible.[5]

Milliken
Location39 Redlea Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M1V 4S3
Coordinates43°49′23.5″N 79°18′06″W
Owned byMetrolinx
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections TTC buses
YRT buses
Construction
Structure typeStation building
Parking665 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: MK
Fare zone70
History
OpenedSeptember 7, 1982 (N of Steeles Av)
September 6, 2005 (S side Steeles Av)
ClosedSeptember 6, 2005 and relocated
Rebuilt2004–2005
Passengers
2018195,000[1]  18.7%
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Agincourt
towards Union Station
 Stouffville Unionville
towards Lincolnville
Former services at CN station
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Agincourt
toward Toronto
 Toronto– Belleville via Peterboro Unionville
toward Belleville
Toronto–
Port Hope via Peterboro		 Unionville
toward Port Hope

The station was re-located south of Steeles Avenue, opposite to the Splendid China Mall shopping centre and accessed by a re-aligned Redlea Avenue. This new station has a straight platform long enough to accommodate a full-length train of ten carriages and a locomotive, which allows the conductor to have a good enough view from the 5th carriage to open all the doors safely. It has a 725 car parking lot, a dedicated passenger pick-up and drop-off area, and a station building with ticket sales counters, a waiting area, and public washrooms.

Former location

A small shed was built (in latter 19th Century) by the Toronto and Nipissing Railway as a flag stop located on the north side of Steeles Avenue on the east side of the tracks (see postcards)[6] and used by successor railways (Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National Railways) until it was demolished in the early 1960s.

The former Milliken station (closed September 2, 2005), was located on the north side of Steeles in Markham, to the east of Market Village Mall. It consisted of a fenced off area with a small ticket booth and 2 large bus shelters. It was one of the most neglected GO railway stations because it was built on a sharp curve, and was much shorter than most GO stations. Because of that, trains could not open all the doors when stopped there. It had no dedicated parking spots and a small kiss-and-ride area. Cars waiting for the trains were parked at Market Village or along Steeles Avenue. There are no traces of the former platform, other than a single sign facing towards Steeles Avenue reading "CN Milliken."

Connecting transit

The station is not directly served by regular local transit services, but there is a short connecting walkway beside the railway tracks to bus stops on Steeles Avenue East.

Toronto Transit Commission's bus routes 53 Steeles East operates along Steeles Avenue East and 43 Kennedy terminates by looping there, as does the 57 Midland.

York Region Transit route 8 Kennedy stops at the Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road intersection.

Redevelopment

Milliken GO Station is currently undergoing redevelopment since 2019 to support future growth, including two way, all day 15-minute interval service between Union Station and Unionville Station. Due to construction, there are currently door boarding and exiting restrictions, which mean that passengers cannot board the train or the exit the train in certain train cars. Public transit stops have been relocated and traffic on Steeles Avenue have been re-routed to allow for the construction of a grade-separated crossing and a pedestrian bridge over Steeles Avenue. Once complete, along with the grade-separated crossing and the pedestrian bridge, there will be a second station platform and track, a renovated existing platform, two pedestrian tunnels and elevators, new shelters, and a covered walkway to Steeles Avenue. The redevelopment is planned to be completed by the end of 2022.[7]

References
  1. "Drivers of Ridership and Revenue" (PDF). Metrolinx. 2019-02-07. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  2. "Milliken GO Station Information". Go Transit. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. "Milliken's History". Milliken Public School. Toronto District School Board. Retrieved January 25, 2015. The Milliken area was originally called Milliken’s Corners. It was a hamlet founded in 1807 by Norman Milliken, a United Empire Loyalist from New Brunswick.
  4. See Isabel Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 276f; 74f (Milliken family); 339 (post office). See also the detailed 1878 map, "Township of Markham," 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).
  5. "GO Transit's Stouffville Line". Transit Toronto. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. "Ontario Stations - M". Charles Cooper's Railway Pages. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  7. "Milliken GO Station Improvements". www.gotransit.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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