Rouge Hill GO Station

Rouge Hill
Rouge Hill
General information
Location	6251 Lawrence Ave. E.; Toronto, Ontario; Canada
Coordinates	43°46′49″N 79°07′50″W / 43.78028°N 79.13056°W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Toronto Transit Commission; Durham Region Transit
Construction
Structure type	Station building
Parking	1,041 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: RO
Fare zone	09
History
Opened	May 23, 1967
Passengers
2018	520,000
Services
Former services at Port Union

Rouge Hill is a GO Transit train and bus station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On the Lakeshore East line, the station is located on the shore of Lake Ontario in the West Rouge neighbourhood of the district of Scarborough. It is a major commuter transfer point, with large parking lots and local bus services. Travelling eastwards, it is the last station in Toronto before the trains enter Durham Region.

History

The earliest Port Union Station was situated at Port Union Road, about half a kilometre west of the current location. The Grand Trunk Railway opened the station in 1856 on its Toronto-Montreal mainline, in what was then the small shipbuilding and fishing village of Port Union.^[2]

In the days of the steam locomotive, freight trains needed assistance to climb from lake level over the Scarborough Bluffs. Port Union was the easterly end of this helper service with a siding that ran behind the station for waiting locomotives, and a water tower and fuel tanks to resupply westbound trains. With the advent of diesel-electric power those facilities were no longer required^[3] and Canadian National Railway subsequently replaced the station with a utilitarian brick building.

A spur line branched off to service the Johns Manville plant which lay on the west side of Port Union Road on the south side of Lawrence Avenue down to the railway line.

Inspection of the CN station found that insufficient space was available there for parking and vehicle access from Port Union Road was poor. A triangle of land could be obtained 500 metres to the east, on the south side of Lawrence Avenue, that would provide enough space for parking and a bus loop with direct access from the street. When construction of the new GO Train facilities commenced, this was the site chosen for the Premier of Ontario John Robarts to ceremonially turn the first sod.^[4]

In 2018, Loblaws signed a deal with Metrolinx to have a PC Express pick-up van at this station for online orders.^[5]

Connecting bus routes

Toronto Transit Commission

All TTC buses enter the bus loop, with the exception of westbound 54A, 354 and 954 buses.


Route	Name	Additional Information
38	Highland Creek	Westbound to Kennedy station via University of Toronto Scarborough and Scarborough Centre station
54A	Lawrence East	Westbound to Eglinton station Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard
85A	Sheppard East	Westbound to Don Mills station
200	Toronto Zoo	Westbound to Toronto Zoo (Seasonal service)
954	Lawrence East Express	Westbound to Kennedy station Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard (Rush hour service)
354	Lawrence East Blue Night	Westbound to Eglinton station Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard

Durham Region Transit

103 Glenanna connecting the Altona Forest Neighbourhood, Rosebank Rd and Glenanna Rd. Monday to Friday peak hours.

References

^ "Drivers of Ridership and Revenue" (PDF). Metrolinx. February 7, 2019. p. 4. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
^ "History of Centennial-Port Union". Toronto Neighbourhoods. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2014. In the 1800s, Port Union was a booming waterfront village with thriving shipbuilding and commercial fishing industries, two hotels, a commercial wharf, and a variety of small businesses. In 1856, the Grand Trunk Railway opened a station in Port Union which added to the importance of this waterfront village.
^ Edward Emery and Edward Helmich (August 1972). "CNs "Brutes"" (PDF). Canadian Rail Vol.No.247. Canadian Railroad Historical Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
^ Wilfred Sergeant (2004). "Building GO-Transit". 8: Locating the stations. HTA Press. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014.
^ "Metrolinx to roll out grocery pickup service at select GO Transit stations". CTV News Toronto. February 26, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.

External links

Media related to Rouge Hill GO Station at Wikimedia Commons
GO Transit station page for Rouge Hill GO Station

Rouge Hill GO Station construction at GO Transit

[1] "Drivers of Ridership and Revenue" (PDF). Metrolinx. February 7, 2019. p. 4. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[2] "History of Centennial-Port Union". Toronto Neighbourhoods. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2014. In the 1800s, Port Union was a booming waterfront village with thriving shipbuilding and commercial fishing industries, two hotels, a commercial wharf, and a variety of small businesses. In 1856, the Grand Trunk Railway opened a station in Port Union which added to the importance of this waterfront village.

[3] Edward Emery and Edward Helmich (August 1972). "CNs "Brutes"" (PDF). Canadian Rail Vol.No.247. Canadian Railroad Historical Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2014.

[HTA-4] Wilfred Sergeant (2004). "Building GO-Transit". 8: Locating the stations. HTA Press. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014.

[5] "Metrolinx to roll out grocery pickup service at select GO Transit stations". CTV News Toronto. February 26, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.

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v t e GO Transit
Lakeshore West line	Union Station Exhibition Park Lawn † Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation † Grimsby † St. Catharines Niagara Falls
Milton line	Union Station Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton
Kitchener line	Union Station King–Liberty † Bloor St. Clair–Old Weston † Mount Dennis † Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau † Kitchener (Kitchener Central †)
Barrie line	Union Station Spadina–Front † Bloor–Lansdowne † Caledonia † Downsview Park Rutherford Maple Kirby † King City Aurora Mulock † Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil † Barrie South Allandale Waterfront
Richmond Hill line	Union Station Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington
Stouffville line	Union Station Kennedy Agincourt Finch–Kennedy † Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Old Elm
Lakeshore East line	Union Station East Harbour † Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners East † Ritson Road † Courtice † Bowmanville †
Union Pearson Express	Union Station Bloor Mount Dennis † Weston Pearson Airport
Former or proposed station sites	Lawrence–Kennedy York University
Bus terminals	Bramalea Brampton Cornell Finch Highway 407 Kipling McMaster University Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Station University of Waterloo York Mills Yorkdale
Miscellaneous	History Fares Rail services Bus services Fleet Expansion GO-ALRT
See also	Metrolinx Presto card SmartTrack The Big Move
† and italics denotes a future station