Markham GO Station is a

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on the

GO Transit GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's green-and-white trains and buses serve a population of more than seven mil ...

Stouffville line Stouffville is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. Its southern terminus is Union Station in Toronto, and its northern terminus is (formerly "Lincolnville") in Whitchurch-Stouff ...

network located on Markham Main Street North in

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History

The station was built in 1871 by the

Toronto and Nipissing Railway The Toronto and Nipissing Railway (T&N) was the first public narrow-gauge railway in North America. It chartered in 1868 to build from Toronto to Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada, via York, Ontario, and Victoria counties. At Nipissing it would me ...

,CNR in Ontario; Railway Station Reports - Report RSR-137, Markham
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, which ultimately became part of the

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...

in 1923. It has been designated as a heritage railway stationList of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Ontario
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. The station design is based on a classic Canadian Railway Style with elements of the

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architecture of the mid-19th century in Ontario. while the station uses a gable roof, the enclosed platform shelter have Dutch gable roof design. The city of

purchased the building as a Millennium project and are undertaking its restoration in conjunction with the ''Markham Village Conservancy'', which manages the station.Markham Village Conservancy
In addition to facilities for GO Transit, the building is used as a community centre, with two rooms that have a capacity of 30 and 100 people, respectively, which are available for rental.

Services

Markham Station does not have a bus terminal. Connecting bus services serve on-street stops in front of the station on Markham Main Street.

GO Transit

* On weekdays,

train service to Markham Station consists of 9 trains southbound to Union Station in the morning and 9 trains northbound to Lincolnville in the afternoon or late evening. Service at other times and in other directions is provided by GO bus route 71, which continues beyond Lincolnville to Uxbridge station. * Route 54 (Hwy 407 East GO Bus) operates between Mount Joy and Highway 407 Bus Terminal.

York Region Transit

* 301 Markham Express (rush hour only)

Toronto Transit Commission

* Markham Road northbound to

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and southbound Warden Subway Station (second longest bus route after 54 Lawrence East).

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Markham Go Station GO Transit railway stations Railway stations in Markham, Ontario Railway stations in Canada opened in 1871 Canadian National Railway stations in Ontario Designated heritage railway stations in Ontario 1871 establishments in Ontario