Streetsville GO Station

Streetsville GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Milton line in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the community of Streetsville in Mississauga.

Streetsville
Location	45 Thomas Street Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°34′32″N 79°42′32″W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	1 island platform (rail) 5 (bus)
Tracks	2
Connections	MiWay
Construction
Structure type	Brick station building with a tunnel and elevators to platforms
Parking	1,651 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: SR
Fare zone	21
History
Opened	27 October 1981
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station Meadowvale towards Milton Milton Erindale towards Union Station

Like most GO stations, Streetsville offers parking for commuters, a bus loop, a station building housing ticket sales and a waiting room. There is limited external exposed shelter for bus passengers. A new lot with 135 additional spaces was constructed in 2015.[1]

Although ridership on the Milton line has grown beyond GO's expectations, it is not possible to run more trains because the tracks are already busy with Canadian Pacific Railway freight traffic. In order to increase capacity, GO plans to extend the platforms to accommodate trains with twelve carriages rather than the current ten. As a temporary solution, extensive train-bus services help alleviate congestion.

Streetsville is one of several stations on the Milton Line, along with Dixie and Milton to offer facilities for mobility challenged passengers.

Connecting transit

MiWay peak period service only

• 9 Rathburn-Thomas
• 49A McDowell
• 67 Streetsville GO

History

Streetsville Junction station

1879 station at new location

The Credit Valley Railway built the station in 1879,[2] at the junction of the London and Orangeville branches (43°35′21″N 79°43′30″W) of the railway,[3] just north of Britannia Road about two kilometres from the current GO Transit facility. This station was located so far from the small village of Streetsville that passengers complained and the new "lower" station was built. The original building was purchased by Ephraim Evans in 1914 and moved to its current location (43°35′03″N 79°43′09″W) at 78 William Street.[3] It is designated under the terms of the Ontario Heritage Act.[4]

Streetsville Lower station

This station was located at the end of Old Station Road in Streetsville, near the current GO Station site. When the "junction" station closed the Canadian Pacific Railway replaced the small frame building by a more substantial brick building. Passenger train service was discontinued in 1961 and the building was used as a freight office until its demolition in 1982.[2]

References

1. "Streetsville Parking Lot". GO Transit. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015.
2. "Streetsville Station (Credit Valley Railway)". Railways in Mississauga. Heritage Mississauga. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015.
3. "Streetsville Junction and Streetsville". Old Time Trains. Trainweb. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
4. "Credit Valley Railway Station". Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

External links

• Media related to Streetsville GO Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Credit Valley Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons

• GO Transit station page for Streetsville GO Station