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| Location | 7 Station Road King City,Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°55′12″N79°31′37.2″W / 43.92000°N 79.527000°W /43.92000; -79.527000 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform, 250m long[1] | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  York Region Transit Ontario Northland Bus | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Brick station building | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 555 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | GO Transit: KC | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 62 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 September 1982; 43 years ago (7 September 1982) | ||||||||||||
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King City GO Station is a train and bus station in theGO Transit network located inKing City,Ontario inCanada. It also serves the nearby communities ofNobleton,Oak Ridges, the northern parts ofMaple (inVaughan), and other communities inKing Township. It is a stop on theBarrie line train service.
The original King Station was built in 1852 at a location less than a kilometre north of the current station, adjacent to the community's inn. The station building was moved toBoyd Conservation Area inVaughan on 6 March 1968,[2][3]: 75 then to the grounds of theKing Township Museum in 1989, and was designated a heritage site in 1990.[4]
King Station, circa 1852. The oldest surviving railway station in Canada. Built byNorthern Railway on lands donated by Isaac Dennis near his hotel in Springhill (now King City). Designed by F.W. Cumberland, architect, King Station witnessed Ontario's first steam locomotive "Toronto" on its inaugural run from Toronto to Machell's Corners (Aurora), May 16, 1853.
— Heritage plaque text
The GO Station opened on 7 September 1982, with service extending south to Toronto and north toBradford.
In 2002, with infrastructure funding from the provincial government, GO Transit expanded the station's parking lot capacity from 111 spaces to 255.[5]
During 2004, the platform was extended in order to accommodate longer trainsets, thus removing any boarding restrictions that GO Transit had with this station prior to opening the extended rail platform. In addition, the extension also eliminated the problem of GO trains blocking a railroad crossing on Station Road while passengers boarded and disembarked.
Construction of a covered station building was completed in the summer of 2005, and a second parking lot on the west side of the tracks was opened in February 2006.[6]
In February 2021, an article stated thatMetrolinx hadexpropriated title to the adjacent property at the corner of Station Road and Keele Street as part of theGO Transit Regional Express Rail expansion program.[7] Metrolinx offered $1 for the land, stating that the cost to clean up the property contaminated by the automobile repair shop renting it would exceed the property's assessed value of $2.1 million.[7]
In 2022, construction will start to add a second track and platform for increased two-way all-day service, construct a new pedestrian bridge and increase parking capacity.[8]
As of January 2018, train service operates approximately every 15-30 minutes in the morning peak period, every 30 minutes in the afternoon peak period and every hour at other times. Outside of peak periods, most trains terminate at Aurora with connecting buses for stations further north.[9]
On weekends and holidays, service operates approximately every hour to and from Union Station, with most trains terminating at Aurora station. Three daily trains in each direction cover the full route from Barrie to Toronto, while the remainder have bus connections at Aurora station for stations further north.[9]
ConnectingYork Region Transit andGO buses serve the station from a bus stop on Keele Street at Station Road.Ontario Northland provides intercity service to North Bay and Sudbury.
Daily train boarding at the station has increased from 199 in 2005 to a peak of 680 in 2008.[10] In 2012, there were 655 daily boardings,[10] or approximately 170,000 riders annually. GO Transit bus route 63, which travels between the King City GO Station andUnion Station Bus Terminal viaMaple andRutherford GO stations,[9] served a daily average of 450 riders at this station in 2012.[10]
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