Gormley GO Station

Gormley

Location

1650 Stouffville Road,
Richmond Hill, Ontario

Coordinates

43°56′25″N 79°23′54″W / 43.94028°N 79.39833°WCoordinates: 43°56′25″N 79°23′54″W / 43.94028°N 79.39833°W

Owned by

Metrolinx

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

2 tracks

Construction

Parking

850 spaces

Bicycle facilities

yes

Other information

Station code

GO Transit: GORL

Fare zone

History

Opened

December 5, 2016

Services

Preceding station		GO Transit		Following station
Richmond Hill toward Union Station		Richmond Hill		Terminus

Gormley GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, serving Oak Ridges and the Whitchurch–Stouffville community of Gormley. It became the terminus of the Richmond Hill line train service when it opened on 5 December 2016, though the line will eventually extend beyond this station to Bloomington GO Station.

The station is located on the north side of Stouffville Road (York Regional Road 14) on the east side of the railway, west of Highway 404. It features a single platform with heated shelters and a snow-melting system, a station building, a bus loop, a kiss and ride and 850 car parking spaces. The station building has a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification.

In 1907 a two storey station was built by the James Bay Railway, south of the original Stouffville Sideroad. The name of the company changed to the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway, and later to the Canadian Northern Railway and was ultimately merged into the Canadian National Railway in 1923.

The Gormley railway station was demolished in the early 1970s. Station Road, which once led to station, is now a narrow dead-end street that gives access to a few homes and businesses from Gormley Road.

The Gormley GO Station was constructed north of Stouffville Road, approximately 600 metres north of the site of the historic train station. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the station was held on 1 December 2016, and regular service began on Monday 5 December 2016.

Construction of the station and its building cost approximately C$22 million. The station's construction was originally delayed due to environmental concerns, and started in 2014. A nearby layover train storage facility with capacity of six trains was built simultaneously, and cost about C$85 million. The layover facility opened in 2014.

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