Mimico GO Station

Mimico GO Station is a railway station in the GO Transit network located in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore West line train service, serving the Mimico neighbourhood.

Mimico
Location315 Royal York Road
Toronto, Ontario
Coordinates43°36′59″N 79°29′50″W
Owned byMetrolinx
Platforms1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks3
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Parking259 spaces (+ 71 temporary)
Bicycle facilitiesrack
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: MI
Fare zone79
History
Opened1850
Rebuilt23 May 1967[1]
Passengers
2019433,000
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Long Branch
towards Aldershot
 Lakeshore West Exhibition
towards Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Long Branch
toward Suspension Bridge
 Niagara Falls– Toronto
Local stops		 Sunnyside
toward Toronto

The small station building is situated north of the tracks on the east side of Royal York Road. The building is connected by a tunnel under the tracks and stairs to the platforms, which are therefore not wheelchair accessible. There is an additional bypass track which runs between the platforms and another two tracks on the south side, which access Willowbrook Yard.

This station and Long Branch are the only two stations on the Lakeshore West line which are not fully accessible.

A modernization project began in August 2013 and was completed by 2018. It included the expansion of the platforms to fit 12-car trains, an expanded parking area, a pedestrian tunnel to Manchester Street, and a new station building.[2]

Connecting transit

The Toronto Transit Commission's 76 Royal York South bus route operates along Royal York Road close to the station, linking it to Royal York subway station in the north and the 501 Queen streetcar route to the south. On June 25, 2018, the TTC started operating 176 Mimico GO bus service on a one way loop between the Lake Shore bus loop (Park Lawn Road) and Mimico GO Station every 30 minutes, which meets with GO train trips during peak periods.[3]

Old station

It was the building of the first railway in Ontario in the 1850s between Hamilton and Toronto through what would become the Town of Mimico that led to the first plan for a town at this location. A Mimico Station was built on the north side of the tracks just south of Mimico's Christ Church (the first church in Etobicoke) on the east side of Church St (Royal York) at the end of Windsor Street.[4] This development meant the name Mimico became more associated with the area where the railway crossed the Mimico Creek to its station on Church St (Royal York) rather than the former Mimico at the Mimico Creek and the early Highway; Dundas. Nevertheless, the 1856 subdivision plan for Mimico largely failed and it was after the more successful 1890 plan for a Town at Mimico the 'old' Mimico Railway Station building, constructed by the Grand Trunk Railway was built in 1916 as well as the Windsor Hotel (Blue Goose Tavern). With the creation of the Government of Ontario's regional train GO service a new station was constructed on the site of the original 1856 Mimico Station, north of the tracks on the east side of Royal York just south of Christ Church. The 1916 Mimico Station deteriorated and was close to demolition when it was saved by community volunteers and moved to a new permanent location in Coronation Park at the northwest corner of Judson St and Royal York Rd in 2007.[5] The building is now being restored with the intention of converting it into a local museum.

References
  1. "GO celebrates 40 years of success". News Wire. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012.
  2. "Mimico GO Station Improvements". GO Transit. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  3. "176 Mimico GO bus service". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  4. Currell, Harvey (1967). "The Mimico Story", Corporation of the Town of Mimico, Mimico, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pg 42
  5. "Mimico Station Community Organization". Archived from the original on July 7, 2017.
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