Photo: Sjoerd Witteveen
York Region chairperson Bill Fisch “volunteers” his credit card to buy tickets for the GO train at the new Lincolnville GO Station in Whitchurch-Stouffville at Bethesda Road and Tenth Line after the official opening on Thursday. Looking on are Minister of Transportation Jim Bradley (from left), GO Transit chairperson Peter Smith, Markham-Oak Ridges MPP Helena Jaczek and Mayor Wayne Emmerson.
Whitchurch-Stouffville
August 30, 2008 07:52 PM
GO line leaves from Lincolnville
By: Jim Mason
Whitchurch-Stouffville GO bus and train riders, you will have another option as of Tuesday.
The new $5.5-million Lincolnville station, offering train and bus connections, will transport its first passengers Sept. 2.
The station, complete with a kiss-and-ride loop, is at Bethesda Road and Tenth Line, northeast of Stouffville near the Uxbridge border.
It’s expected to serve riders from eastern Stouffville and Uxbridge.
The site, a former GO train storage yard, has 150 parking spaces with room for more. It’s fully accessible.
It’s the seventh GO station opened by the McGuinty Liberals, transportation minister Jim Bradley said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. GO has 59 stations in the province.
Oak Ridges-Markham MPP Helena Jaczek said the station should free up parking spots at the crowded downtown Stouffville station. Commuters told her about parking shortages as she campaigned at the station last fall.
Train service from the new station is offered Monday to Friday.
The first train will depart Lincolnville station at 5:18 a.m., scheduled to arrive at Union Station in Toronto at 6:20 a.m. Bus service is seven days a week.
One-way and day tickets are available from a vending machine at the station.
Other tickets, including seniors (65 and older) and students and multi-ride passes, can be purchased from the Whitchurch-Stouffville Chamber of Commerce office in the downtown Stouffville station.
For a GO train & bus schedule, go to www.gotransit.com