Etobicoke North GO Station

Etobicoke North

Location

1949 Kipling Avenue
Etobicoke, Ontario

Coordinates

43°42′22″N 79°33′48″W / 43.70611°N 79.56333°WCoordinates: 43°42′22″N 79°33′48″W / 43.70611°N 79.56333°W

Owned by

Metrolinx

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

3 mainline
1 siding

Construction

Structure type

Waiting room and washroom

Parking

530 spaces

Bicycle facilities

racks

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

GO Transit: ETGO

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station		GO Transit		Following station
Malton toward Kitchener		Kitchener		Weston toward Union Station

Etobicoke North GO Station is a GO Transit train and bus station on the Kitchener line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1949 Kipling Avenue just north of Belfield Road, close to the junction of Highways 401 and 409.

Overview

A train using the freight siding

The station has 3 mainline tracks and a single platform serving only the northernmost track. A fourth track passes along the north side of the station, but it is only used for local freight access so it is fenced off from the platform.

The platform can accommodate trains up to 12 cars long, and is heated to melt snow in winter.^[1]

History

The station opened in late 1974, less than a year after GO Transit began operating the Georgetown (now Kitchener) line.^[2]

In 2013, construction began on the Georgetown South railway expansion project. In order to accommodate a widened railway and a significantly increased number of express trains, the original tracks and platforms were demolished and replaced. While the previous arrangement had been a 2-track railway with a side platform on the south side, the new configuration would be a 3-track railway with a side platform on the north side.

The north parking lot will be expanded to accommodate a new passenger pick-up and drop-off area and a bus loop. The existing station building will be upgraded.^[1]

Services

The station is served by Kitchener line local train services, but not Kitchener line bus services or express train services. As a result, there is no service on weekends or weekday evenings.

GO Bus route 38A operates during peak periods between Etobicoke North and Caledon via Humber College, Woodbridge and Bolton to connect with GO Train service.^[3]

Via Rail, UP Express and GO Transit express trains pass through the station without stopping. It is the only station along the Union Pearson Express route where those trains do not stop. The spur line to Pearson International Airport branches away approximately four kilometers west of the station, just past the underpass with Highway 427.

Connecting transit

Local transit service is by Toronto Transit Commission route 45 Kipling. The station is connected by staircases and ramps from Kipling Avenue, which crosses below the tracks. The closest TTC bus stops are a short distance south at Belfield Road.

References

1 2 Robert Mackenzie. "Upgrades for Etobicoke North GO Station". Transit Toronto. Retrieved July 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ Daniel Garcia and James Marshall. "GO Transit's Kitchener Line". Transit Toronto. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ 38 Bolton-North York GO Bus Schedule

External links

Media related to Etobicoke North GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit station page for Etobicoke North GO Station

GO Transit

Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† Grimsby ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡

Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton

Kitchener line	Union Liberty Village ^† Bloor St Clair ^† Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau ^† Kitchener (Kitchener Central ^†)

Barrie line	Union Spadina ^† Lansdowne ^† Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple Kirby ^† King City Aurora Mulock ^† Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil ^† Barrie South Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington ^†

Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Lawrence East ^† Agincourt Finch East ^† Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville

Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†

Union Pearson Express	Union Bloor Weston Pearson Airport

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

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