Metrolinx is planning regional express rail service along many of the GO Transit rail lines, including the Stouffville line. Regional express rail will result in faster, more frequent service for GO passengers, but also requires Metrolinx to widen its railway-track corridors.
It proposes to expand a segment of the corridor between Kennedy Road in Markham — just north of Milliken GO Station and Steeles Avenue East — and Marilyn Avenue in Scarborough — just north of Agincourt GO Station and Sheppard Avenue East.
Today, most of this railway corridor segment has just a single track, limiting what Metrolinx calls “the quality and quantity of Stouffville line GO Train service we can provide to the residents of Scarborough, Markham and Whitchurch - Stouffville.” As it completes its plans to improve the rail infrastructure over the next ten years, Metrolinx says, it can “phase in expanded service, with electric trains running over this portion of the corridor every 15 minutes (or better) in both directions throughout the day.”
Starting summer 2016, Metrolinx plans to start building a second track along this section of the line.
Metrolinx organized a public meeting November 3 to let residents living near this portion of the Stouffville line learn more about the project and how it affects them.
It’s hosting a second meeting this week so more people can attend an information session.
The meeting takes place:
Tuesday, December 8
6:30 until 8:30 p.m.
Agincourt Community Centre
31 Glen Watford Drive.
The site is wheel-chair accessible. Chinese translators will be available.
Here’s the agenda for the meeting:
- 6:30 until 7 p.m. - View project information
- 7 until 7:30 p.m. - A formal presentation
- 7:30 until 8:30 p.m. - Questions and answers
If you can’t attend, you can view the display boards from the previous meeting:
- Display boards in English;
- Display boards in Chinese;
- Comments from people attending the first meeting;
- Metrolinx staff response to comments.
To sign up for a distribution list and receive project updates, you can e-mail the project team at: scarboroughmarkham@metrolinx.com.
You can learn more about the project to expand this section of the line here.
You can learn more about the regional express rail project along the Stouffville line here.
You can learn more about regional express rail across the GO network here.
Getting there by public transit
- GO Transit trains operating along the 71 Stouffville line to Agincourt GO Station. Transfer to TTC.
- Eastbound TTC buses operating along the 85 Sheppard East route to Glen Watford Drive (three stops east of Agincourt GO Station). Cross at the signal to the north-east corner. Walk north one block along Glen Watford Drive.
- Westbound TTC buses operating along the 85 Sheppard East route to Glen Watford Drive. Walk north one block.
- Northbound TTC buses operating along the 57 Midland route to Midland and Rural Avenues. Walk east one block along Rural Avenue.
- Southbound TTC buses operating along the 57 Midland route to Midland Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East. Cross Midland at the signal. Walk east one block along the north side of Sheppard. Cross to the east side of Glen Watford and walk one block north.
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