Lisgar GO Station
Lisgar | |||||||||||
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Location |
3250 Argentia Road, Mississauga, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°35′27″N 79°47′19″W / 43.59083°N 79.78861°WCoordinates: 43°35′27″N 79°47′19″W / 43.59083°N 79.78861°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||
Platforms |
1 island platform (train) 6 bus bays | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | |||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Brick station building | ||||||||||
Parking | 788 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | GO Transit: LGGO | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 23 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 4 September 2007 | ||||||||||
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Lisgar GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Milton line in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It opened for service on September 4, 2007.
The station is located at Argentia Road and Tenth Line, near the interchange of Highway 401, and Highway 407. Named after the Lisgar neighbourhood in which it is located, which is itself named after Lord Lisgar, second Governor General of Canada from 1869-1872.
The station was built to alleviate the congested Meadowvale GO Station, and to provide better service for the local community. The station provides parking spaces for 788 vehicles. Construction began on new canopies, walkways and shelters in August 2014 and is expected to be completed by early 2015.[1]
In spring 2009, a 50 kW wind turbine was constructed at the station and was expected to supply up to 80% of the station's power.[2] Taking advantage of the heavy prevailing winds from the west, the turbine is the first application of on-site wind generation for a North American transit system.[3] However, after four years, the turbine was only producing 9% of its projected output.[4]
Connecting buses
- MiWay
- 32 Lisgar GO
- 38 Creditview
- 38A Creditview
- Brampton Transit
- 11 Steeles
- 511 Züm Steeles
- GO Transit
- 21 Milton/Toronto[5]
References
- ↑ "Lisgar GO Station". GO Transit. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ "Transit station gets its own wind power". Daily News. Canadian Consulting Engineer. 2009-04-23. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Appleby, Timothy (March 20, 2009). "New wind turbine on GO line could power 80 per cent of station's needs". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on April 2, 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Oved, Marco Chown (October 25, 2013). "GO Transit wind turbine producing 91% less power than expected". Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ 21 Milton GO Train and Bus Schedule