Oriole GO Station is a small train station on GO Transit's Richmond Hill line. It is located under the Highway 401 overpass, west of Leslie Street in North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is about half a kilometre south of Leslie subway station on Line 4 Sheppard of the Toronto Transit Commission.
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Location | 3300 Leslie St North York, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°45′56″N 79°21′53″W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Station building with public washroom and waiting room | ||||||||||||
Parking | 286 spaces | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | racks | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | GO Transit: OR | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 05 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | May 1, 1978 (1978-05-01) | ||||||||||||
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A pedestrian walkway along the east side of tracks connects the north end of the platform to Esther Shiner Boulevard and a short walk along Old Leslie Street leads to the upper, automated entrance to the subway station. It has been proposed several times that the GO station should be moved to allow for a direct connection with the subway.[1][2]
There is a narrow footbridge over the track, allowing pedestrians to walk between the station to Woodsworth Road. This bridge will be replaced by a new, wider bridge farther south. The 30-metre (98 ft) metre bridge will be enclosed in a mesh safety screen and have an anti-slip floor.[3]
Nearby points of interest include the Concord Park Place condominium complex, IKEA North York, and North York General Hospital.
There were two prior stations at Oriole. In 1906, the Canadian Northern Railway built the first station on the south side of York Mills west of Don Mills Road, but named it Duncan Station since it was located on property previously owned by William Duncan III. When the Canadian National Railways took over the Canadian Northern in 1923, it closed Duncan Station moving it's building away from the tracks, and replacing it by a flag stop on the north side of York Mills Road. The station name was changed to Oriole. The original station building was demolished in 1987. The second station was closed and demolished in 1978.[4][5]
South of Oriole Station and York Mills Road, there used to be a junction to the Oriole Spur (a.k.a. Leaside Spur), a branch line built in 1916 that connected to the Canadian Northern's maintenance facilities in Leaside serving industries along the way. Today, the Oriole Spur has been converted into the Don Mills Trail, a walking and cycling path.[6][5]
Toronto Transit Commission services in the vicinity of Oriole GO Station include:[7]
Relocating the Oriole GO station has been talked about periodically for some time, but to date has never been carried out.
1905 – Duncan Station is erected on the property of Henry Duncan, on the south side of York Mills Rd, by the Canadian Northern Railway. The name is later changed to Oriole and the station moved to the north side of York Mills Rd
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