Danforth GO Station

Danforth
Location	213 Main Street Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°41′12″N 79°17′57″W / 43.68667°N 79.29917°W / 43.68667; -79.29917Coordinates: 43°41′12″N 79°17′57″W / 43.68667°N 79.29917°W / 43.68667; -79.29917
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Main Street (TTC)  506  TTC buses
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: DAGO
Fare zone	06
History
Opened	1883
Rebuilt	1974
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station Union Station Terminus Lakeshore East Scarborough toward Oshawa Stouffville Kennedy toward Lincolnville

Danforth GO Station is a railway station^[1] on GO Transit's Lakeshore East line in Toronto, Canada. The station is situated in the east end of the old City of Toronto, at Main Street, south of Danforth Avenue. The TTC's Main Street station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway is a short distance to the north, but is not connected to it directly.

Select trains on the GO Transit Stouffville line stop at the station as part of a year-long pilot project that began on February 2, 2015. Other Stouffville trains pass through the station without stopping.^[2]

History

Because of a lack of available land to expand their existing downtown yard, the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) decided to build a new freight yard on farmland south of Danforth Avenue where the line to Montreal crossed Dawes Road, which had to be closed and traffic diverted to a new street called Main. The yard had a capicity of 420 cars and could store 31 locomotives in a roundhouse with adjacent repair shops.

Danforth station in 1953

The York Railway Station was built on the north side of the tracks just east of Main Street around 1883. The GTR became part of Canadian National Railways in 1923 and by the 1940s the yard was no longer used for freight and the roundhouse was demolished.^[3] Under Canadian National the station became Danforth Railway Station.^[4] The original GTR station building was demolished in 1974 and the current GO Transit facility was built in its place.^[3]

Main-Danforth has been identified by Metrolinx as a transportation mobility hub as it is located at the interchange of two or more current or planned regional rapid transit lines.^[5]

Connecting transit

Although the 506 Carlton streetcar, and 64 Main and 135 Gerrard bus routes pass on Main Street there are no stops immediately beside the GO Station. Similarly Main Street subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line is over 300 metres distant, to the north of Danforth Avenue.

References

External links

• Media related to Danforth GO Station at Wikimedia Commons

• GO Transit station page for Danforth GO Station