Langstaff (GO Station)

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GO Transit Richmond Hill Line
Richmond Hill
Langstaff
Old Cummer
Oriole
Union Station
Facility Services
100 Langstaff Road East Markham, Ontario
Fare zone	60
Station building	yes
Wheelchair access	yes
Parking spots	1038

The Langstaff GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Richmond Hill, Ontario in Canada. It is a stop on the Richmond Hill line train service.

In May 2005 construction of a new and more modern station building in the north parking lot was completed, replacing the existing station building at Langstaff Road, thus to be converted to a waiting room after the new station building opened for service on June 6, 2005.

Langstaff Road East was the original routing of Ontario Provincial Highway 7 between Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue. When the former Highway 7 was upgraded, an overpass was constructed over the Canadian National Railway tracks, and the area north of Langstaff road became a large commuter parking lot. With the recent construction of Highway 407, the south lot was reduced in size, but newer developments north of the former Highway 7, led to the building of the new terminal.

YRT connections:

YRT Route 1 Highway 7 via Yonge Street
YRT Route 83 Trench (selected trips)
YRT Route 87 Langstaff-Maple
YRT Route 99 Yonge "C"

GO Transit Bus Connections

Highway 407 - York University buses.
Newmarket "B" buses.

York Region Transit's VIVA Bus Rapid Transit serves the Richmond Hill Centre bus terminal immediately adjacent to Langstaff station. A loop near the new terminal will connect local and express routes. The two transit stations are not connected -- in fact, they are separated by a fence -- although a pedestrian passage which would allow riders to walk between them has been promised for some years now.

Currently, the south parking lot is being modified to include a bus loop serving the 407 ETR bus routes operated by GO Transit.