Milliken GO Station
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Milliken
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| Location | 39 Redlea Avenue Scarborough, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°49′23.5″N 79°18′06″W / 43.823194°N 79.30167°WCoordinates: 43°49′23.5″N 79°18′06″W / 43.823194°N 79.30167°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Station building | ||||||||||
| Parking | 665 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | GO Transit: MIGO | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 70 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 Sept 1982 (N of Steeles Av) 6 Sept 2005 (S side Steeles Av) |
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| Closed | 6 Sept 2005 and relocated | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2004-2005 | ||||||||||
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Milliken GO Station is a GO Transit train station located in the Scarborough area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the city's northern border. It is located in the neighbourhood of Milliken, Ontario. The station originally opened on September 7, 1982 on the Stouffville line but was relocated on September 6, 2005 because the curve of the original station made it difficult for the operator to see, and it would allow a parking lot to be built on the other side, along with making the station accessible.
The station was re-located south of Steeles Avenue, adjacent to the Splendid China Tower shopping centre and accessed by a re-aligned Redlea Avenue. This new station has a straight platform long enough to accommodate a full-length train of ten carriages and a locomotive, which allows the conductor to have a good enough view from the 5th carriage to open all the doors safely. It has a 725 car parking lot, a dedicated passenger pick-up and drop-off area, and a station building with ticket sales counters, a waiting area, and public washrooms.
The former Milliken station (closed September 2, 2005), was located on the north side of Steeles in Markham, to the east of Market Village Mall. It consisted of a fenced off area with a small ticket booth and 2 large bus shelters. It was one of the most neglected GO railway stations because it was built on a sharp curve, and was much shorter than most GO stations. Because of that, trains could not open all the doors when stopped there. It had no dedicated parking spots and a small kiss-and-ride area. Cars waiting for the trains were parked at Market Village or along Steeles Avenue. There are no traces of the former platform, other than a single sign facing towards Steeles Avenue reading "CN Milliken."
The station is not directly served by regular local transit services, but there is a short connecting walkway beside the railway tracks to bus stops on Steeles Avenue East.
Toronto Transit Commission's bus routes 53 Steeles East operates along Steeles Avenue East and 43 Kennedy terminates by looping there, as does the 57 Midland.
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