Oriole GO Station

Oriole
General information
Location3300 Leslie Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°45′56″N 79°21′53″W / 43.76556°N 79.36472°W / 43.76556; -79.36472
Owned byMetrolinx
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeStation building with public washroom and waiting room
Parking286 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesracks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: OR
Fare zone05
History
OpenedApril 29, 1978 (1978-04-29)[1]
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Union Station
Terminus
Richmond Hill Old Cummer
towards Bloomington
Former services at CN station
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Leaside
toward Toronto
CapreolToronto Thornlea
toward Capreol

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 the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) south of Leslie subway station on Line 4 Sheppard of the Toronto Transit Commission.

Oriole GO Station in the bottom right corner, where it is crossed by Highway 401

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.[2][3]

There is a footbridge over the track, allowing pedestrians to walk between the station to Woodsworth Road. This bridge replaced an old, narrower bridge further north. This 30-metre (98 ft) metre bridge is enclosed in a mesh safety screen and has an anti-slip floor.[4]

Nearby points of interest include the Concord Park Place condominium complex, IKEA North York, and North York General Hospital.

Track level at Oriole GO Station, looking north with Concord Park Place in the background.
  1. ^ "New Line is All Systems GO". The Toronto Star. April 30, 1978. p. A3. Retrieved April 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Karl Junkin (July 2013). "10.2.3. Oriole GO Station" (PDF). GTHA Regional Rapid Rail: A Vision for the Future. Transport Action Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2014. Relocating the Oriole GO station has been talked about periodically for some time, but to date has never been carried out.
  3. ^ Proctor & Redfern Limited (1989). Oriole Go station relocation Go-TTC service link predesign report. GO Transit. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  4. ^ "Toronto's Oriole GO Station goes with a new Algonquin Pedestrian Bridge". Algonquin Bridge. October 20, 2020. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022.