Dixie GO Station

Dixie GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Milton line in the Dixie neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 2445 Dixie Road, just south of Dundas Street East.

Dixie
General information
Location2445 Dixie Road
Mississauga, Ontario
Coordinates43°36′28″N 79°34′40″W
Owned byMetrolinx
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections
  MiWay
Construction
Structure typeBrick station building
Parking685 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: DI
Fare zone11
History
Opened27 October 1981
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Cooksville
towards Milton
Milton Kipling

Like most GO stations, Dixie offers parking facilities for commuters, and allows for wheelchair-accessible train services through a raised mini-platform giving access to the 5th carriage from the locomotive; it is one of the only three stations on the Milton Line (excluding Union Station) that offer the mini-platform. The station building houses a ticket sales agent and a waiting room.

Although ridership is growing on the Milton line including at Dixie, GO cannot increase its services here at present because the line is shared with busy Canadian Pacific Kansas City freight trains. Frequent weekday GO buses serving the station help alleviate the demand.

In order to increase capacity on the Milton line, GO plan to extend Dixie's platform to accommodate twelve-carriage trains once more powerful locomotives capable of pulling such trains have entered service in 2008.

Connecting transit

MiWay, formerly Mississauga Transit, serves the station with one on-street bus line. Route 5 Dixie passes outside the station entrance.[1]

References

  1. "Dixie GO Map" (PDF). mississauga.ca. City of Mississauga. 24 March 2014.
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