Milton GO Station
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Location | 780 Main Street East Milton, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°31′25″N 79°52′02″W / 43.52361°N 79.86722°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Bus stands | 7 | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Brick station building | ||||||||||
Parking | 1,082 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | GO Transit: ML | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 24 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 25 October 1981 | ||||||||||
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Milton GO Station is the western terminus of GO Transit's Milton line in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 780 Main Street East in the Town of Milton, near Main Street and Ontario Street.
Description
[edit]Milton GO Station offers parking for commuters, a station building housing ticket sales and a waiting room (open from 5:45 AM to 9:00 AM on weekdays), and a bus loop serving GO and Milton Transit buses. Located near Highway 401, it is placed to be accessible to residents of Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo commuting to Toronto, with user having options such as shuttle buses and a park and ride.
A new layover facility (overnight service and storage yard) was built in 2006,[1] and opened at the beginning of 2007 with capacity to store eight 12 car trains. Currently, seven 12 car trains are operated, with an eighth train planned to ease congestion in June 2012. This facility replaced one located 8 miles west at Guelph Junction in Campbellville, which could not be expanded beyond its five 10 car tracks.
History
[edit]The initial Go Station site layout plans, alongside the proposed Toronto/Milton commuter rail service, was up for public review in 1980, with an open house session to review the service on August 5, 1980, in Meadowvale.[2]
Milton Go Station had its inauguration day on October 25, 1981,[3] and the inaugural run offered a free ride to Union Station.[4] With service effective Monday on October 26, 1981, there were a reported 272 Milton residents using the train line, with the following day increasing to 303 Milton residents, all using the initial three departure times across six stops to Union Station.[4]
Connecting buses
[edit]All of Milton Transit's regular routes start and end at Milton GO Station except for route 1 between Milton GO Station and Conestoga, and 21 between Milton and Lisgar GO stations[6]
- 1 High Point
- 2 Main (East & West)
- 3 Trudeau
- 4 Thompson/Clark
- 5 Yates
- 6 Scott
- 7 Harrison
- 8 Wilmott
- 9/9A Ontario South
- 21 Steeles[7]
- 52 School Special
- 53 School Special
- 54 School Special
- GO Transit
- 21 Milton
- 21A Milton
- 21F Milton
- 27A Milton/North York[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Certificate of Completion". Daily Commercial News. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Proposed Toronto/Milton Commuter Rail Service". Canadian Champion. 23 July 1980. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "How Milton line was born to become a big deal for GO Transit customers – Do you still own one of these buttons?". Metrolinx. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ a b Muller, Jane (28 October 1981). "Go officials surprised by use of train". Canadian Champion. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- ^ "Milton Transit System Map" (PDF). milton.ca. Town of Milton. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Schedules and Maps". www.milton.ca. Town of Milton. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
All routes start and end at the Milton GO Station
- ^ MiWay. "New Milton Transit connection in Mississauga". Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ "Route 27 - Milton/North York GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). GO Transit. January 5, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
External links
[edit]Media related to Milton GO Station at Wikimedia Commons
- GO Transit station page for Milton GO Station