Old Elm GO Station
{{Short description|Commuter rail station in Ontario, Canada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox station
| name = 45px Old Elm
| style = GO Transit
| image = NewOldElmGOTrainPlatform.jpg
| image_caption = The Old Elm station platform in May 2025.
| address = 12958 Tenth Line,
Stouffville, Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{Coord|43.9904|-79.2370|format=dms|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| other = {{rint|gotransit|bus}} GO Transit bus services
| structure = Shelters
| platform = Side platform
| tracks = 1
| bicycle =
| opened = 2008
| closed =
| rebuilt = 2023 at new location
| former = Lincolnville (2008–2021)
| electrified =
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{GO Transit code|LI}}
| owned = Metrolinx
| zone = 74
| passengers = 33,000{{cite web| url=http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pdf/board_agenda/20190207/20190207_BoardMtg_Ridership_EN.pdf| title=Drivers of Ridership and Revenue |page=4 |date=February 7, 2019 |publisher=Metrolinx |access-date=January 31, 2019}}
| pass_year = 2018
| pass_percent =
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=GO Transit|line=Stouffville|left=Stouffville}}
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Old Elm GO Station (formerly Lincolnville) is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. Old Elm is the northeastern terminus of train service on the Stouffville line. The original station opened on September 2, 2008 on the north side of Bethesda Road, adjacent to the GO train storage yard. Old Elm was rebuilt further south on the west side of Tenth Line, and opened on October 17, 2023.
Station name
The station was referred to by the provisional name of Stouffville North before adopting the Lincolnville name partway through construction.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gotransit.com/PUBLIC/publications/AccessibilityPlan2008.pdf |title=Accessibility Plan 2008 |format=PDF |pages=30 |publisher=GO Transit |date=September 2007 |access-date=December 2, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.gotransit.com/en/stations-stops-parking/find-a-station-or-stop/results?stationCode=LI|title=Stations and Stops - Lincolnville |publisher=GO Transit |year=2007 |access-date=February 21, 2019}} Historically, Lincolnville is the name of a hamlet which was located at the corner of Bloomington Road and Highway 47 (Old Concession 10 Road), divided between the townships of Uxbridge to the east and Whitchurch to the west.For a brief account of Lincolnville's early history, cf. Jean Barkey et al., [https://archive.today/20120906101841/http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=2871829&qryID=7c86ae68-3f40-4288-b807-9331314c9339 Whitchurch Township] (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 108–109. See also the detailed 1878 historical map: [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/yor-m-whitchurch.jpg Township of Whitchurch], Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878). On October 16, 2021, the station was renamed Old Elm GO after an elm tree located on the premises of the new station along Tenth Line.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10487457-200-year-old-elm-tree-at-root-of-name-change-of-new-lincolnville-go-station/|title=200-year-old elm tree at root of name change of new Lincolnville GO Station|last=Riedner|first=Heidi|newspaper=Stouffville Sun-Tribune|publisher=Metroland Media Group|date=September 29, 2021|access-date=September 29, 2021}}
The station's namesake tree is 200 years old, {{convert|40|m}} tall and {{convert|4|m}} wide. It had survived Dutch elm disease during the 1970s and 1980s. The tree was to be cut down in order to make room for the station's bus loop, but the local community successfully lobbied to have it preserved. The bus loop was realigned around the tree, and as a result the station has 30–40 fewer parking spaces than originally planned.{{cite web |url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/how-a-200-year-old-tree-will-live-on-through-construction |title=How a 200 year-old tree will live on through construction |publisher=Metrolinx |date=2019-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202222406/https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/how-a-200-year-old-tree-will-live-on-through-construction | archive-date=2023-02-02 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Description
The station has a bus loop and a passenger pick-up and drop-off area. There is parking for 673 vehicles including 15 accessibility stalls and 4 stalls for scooters and motorbikes. There are also 35 bike racks. The accessible platform features heated shelters, a platform canopy, and a platform snow-melting system. The station entrances for buses and motor vehicles are signalized.
History
File:Lincolnville GO Station Stouffville ON.jpg
Lincolnville station opened on September 2, 2008 at Bethesda Road,{{Cite web |url=http://www.yorkregion.com/article/77799|title=Lincolnville GO station opening in September |newspaper=Stouffville Sun-Tribune |publisher=Metroland Media Group |date= July 7, 2008 |accessdate=July 29, 2008}} after some delay; it had initially been projected to open the preceding June.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/life/life/article/95579 |title=Uxbridge GO station on track for June |author=Hayward, Jeff |publisher=Uxbridge News-Journal |date= March 21, 2008 |accessdate=March 22, 2008}} It was built to relieve the line's previous terminus, Stouffville GO Station, which is located in Stouffville proper; it could not expand its parking and had limited bus interchange capabilities. Constructed next to the existing Stouffville layover facility at 10th Line and Bethesda Road, Lincolnville station cost $5.5{{Nbsp}}million and extended passenger service approximately {{convert|3|km|mi}} farther from Union Station in Toronto. The station's park-and-ride catchment includes much of the municipality of Uxbridge, and it is seen as a precursor to eventual GO Train service to the townsite of Uxbridge proper. From 2010 to 2011, 410 additional parking spots were built, along with a bus storage facility and crew centre.Cf. Stouffville Sun-Tribune, [https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/1417787-more-parking-in-stouffville/ More Parking in Stouffville], September 29, 2010. The adjacent layover facility was completed in October 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/lincolnville-go-prepares-for-major-changes-|title=Lincolnville prepares for major changes – GO station and layover facility are seeing developments that will help local transit customers|publisher=Metrolinx|date=April 30, 2020|accessdate=September 30, 2021}}
In 2021, construction began to relocate the station {{convert|500|m}} to the south. The new station would include a parking lot with 672 spaces, a bike lane, a bus loop, and improved accessibility.{{cite web |title=Lincolnville GO Station public meeting |url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/docs/lincolnville/display_board_20180913_fnl_for_Mx.pdf |website=Metrolinx |access-date=October 27, 2022 |date=September 13, 2018}} The new station opened on October 17, 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkregion.com/news/go-transit-opening-new-old-elm-station-in-stouffville-on-oct-17/article_6663146c-2edd-5dea-81db-78d216b3a840.html |title=GO Transit opening new Old Elm Station in Stouffville on Oct. 17 |website=YorkRegion.com |date=2023-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031191803/https://www.yorkregion.com/news/go-transit-opening-new-old-elm-station-in-stouffville-on-oct-17/article_6663146c-2edd-5dea-81db-78d216b3a840.html | archive-date=2023-10-31 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/old-elm-go-station-is-now-complete |title=Old Elm GO Station is now complete |publisher=Metrolinx |date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030201605/https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/old-elm-go-station-is-now-complete | archive-date=2023-10-30 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}
Bus connections
- 70–71 GO Bus:{{cite web|url=https://www.gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/TripPlanning/FullSchedules/FS04092021/Table71.pdf |title=70-71 Stouffville GO Train and Bus Schedule |publisher=GO Transit |accessdate=October 1, 2021}} Northbound to Goodwood and Uxbridge and southbound to Union Station.
- There is no local York Region Transit bus service.[http://www.yrt.ca/en/schedulesmaps/resources/YRT-SystemMap_web_Nov29-2015_P1.pdf York Region Transit System Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402065456/http://www.yrt.ca/en/schedulesmaps/resources/YRT-SystemMap_web_Nov29-2015_P1.pdf |date=April 2, 2016 }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Lincolnville GO Station}}
{{GO Station|LI}}
{{GO Transit}}
Category:GO Transit railway stations
Category:Buildings and structures in Whitchurch-Stouffville
Category:Transport in Whitchurch-Stouffville
Category:Railway stations in the Regional Municipality of York