Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill
GO Train travels south through the Don Valley
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
System	GO Train
Locale	Greater Toronto Area
Stations	Richmond Hill Langstaff Old Cummer Oriole Toronto Union Station
Daily ridership	7,950 (2008)
Website	Table 61
Operation
Opened	May 1, 1978
Owner	Canadian National Railway
Operator(s)	GO Transit
Technical
Line length	33.8 kilometres (21.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge
Route map Legend 33.8 km Richmond Hill 29.5 km Langstaff Viva 29.5 km 407 Underpass 25.9 km Doncaster Jct. 22.7 km Old Cummer Don River Leslie TTC 18.2 km 401 Underpass 18.2 km Oriole DVP Overpass CPR Trestle Don River DVP Underpass CPR Trestle Prince Edward Viaduct Don River CPR Belleville sub. GO Lakeshore line Don Yard 0 km Union  VIA  TTC

Richmond Hill is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Richmond Hill.

After the Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, and Georgetown lines, the Richmond Hill line was the fourth in the GO network to open. Following a promotional opening on Saturday April 29, 1978, regular service began on Monday May 1. Unique amongst GO rail corridors, the initial lineup of four stations has not changed since opening day.^[1]

As part of the GO 2020 strategy, the corridor will be upgraded and extended to Aurora Road in Stoufville.^[2][3] Phase I of the project, for which construction will begin in the fall of 2011 and be completed in the fall of 2013, will establish the Gormley GO Station where the line intersects Stouffville Road, create a train layover facility at Bethesda Road, and grade the corridor for the extension.^[3] Phase II, which will begin after completion of Phase I, will consist of the construction of Bloomington GO Station and grading of the route.^[3]

Stations

See also

• Toronto Transit Commission
• York Region Transit
• Canadian National Railways

External links

• GO Transit: Richmond Hill GO Train & Bus Service
• GO Transit: Richmond Hill GO Train & Bus Service Schedule (PDF)

References

1. ^ Significant dates in GO Transit
2. ^ "GO Transit reveals Strategic Plan - GO 2020". GO Transit. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2008/12/c9367.html. Retrieved 22 April 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Expansion Projects". GO Transit. http://www.gotransit.com/public/en/improve/projects.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-23.