Maple GO Station
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| Address | 30 Station Street Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L6A 1P9 | |||||||||
| Station code | MP | |||||||||
| Fare Zone | 61 | |||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (12-car) | |||||||||
| GO Bus | 65 | |||||||||
| Local Transit | YRT 4, 26, On-Request Maple-Rutherford GO | |||||||||
| Ridership (2019) | 527,200 | |||||||||
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Maple GO Station is a GO Transit train station in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, located at 30 Station Street. It is situated north of Major Mackenzie Drive, and east of Keele Street.
The station platform is on the east side of the tracks. The station building is roughly in the middle of the platform, with the parking lot extending north and south of it. A walkway extends north of the platform to access McNaughton Road, and from the end of Station Street to Major Mackenzie Drive. Vehicle access to the station can be made from Hill Street (which connects Station Street to Major Mackenzie Drive) at the south end of the parking lot, and to Eagle Rock Way and Troon Avenue from the northeast end. Buses loop in the station parking lot from the entrance on Eagle Rock Way.
History
A rail station has existed at this location since 1853, when the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Union Railroad operated service through it. The original station building was burnt down in a fire in 1903, when the present building was constructed (by the Grand Trunk Railway at this time) as its replacement. GO service began on the line to Bradford, including the stop at Maple, in 1982.
The city of Vaughan experienced a period of large growth during this time, and Maple GO soon became overcrowded in the late 1990s. The solution to this was to build a new station 2 km further south, now Rutherford GO Station, which had much more parking facilities. The parking lot at Maple was largely expanded in the late 2000s, and an additional station entrance was built concurrently with new commercial development east of the station.
Connecting routes
Maple does not contain any off-street bus facilities; instead, they either serve bus bays in the cul-de-sac on Eagle Rock Way, or stops on nearby Major Mackenzie Drive.
- Bay 2: YRT drop-off only
- Bay 3: GO 65
- Bay 4: YRT 26
- Bay 5: YRT On-Request Maple-Rutherford GO
- Major Mackenzie Drive: YRT 4
