York University GO Station was a train station on GO Transit's Barrie line in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Despite its name, the station was located away from York University's Keele Campus in a predominantly industrial area. To facilitate access to the campus, the university operated a private shuttle bus service.
The station only operated on weekdays, serving southbound trains during the morning peak period and northbound trains during the afternoon peak period. Its replacement, Downsview Park station, now offers a connection from midday, evening, weekend, and holiday GO trains to the university at all times via a two-stop trip on the Toronto Transit Commission's Line 1 subway. The station closed in 2021.
History
York University GO Station officially opened on September 6, 2002, the result of an $850,000 provincial investment. It featured a single platform on the west track, equipped with passenger shelters and a ticket vending machine.
Downsview Park station was initially conceived as a full replacement for York University GO Station, given its direct link to the Keele Campus via the Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension. However, opposition from university members and a local councillor prevented York University GO Station's immediate closure. Instead, a compromise kept the station operational, albeit in a limited capacity, when Downsview Park station began serving GO trains on December 30, 2017. By October of that year, the station had been removed from schedules and the GO Transit website, and by February 2021, it no longer appeared on GO Transit's system map. On July 19, 2021, Metrolinx announced the permanent closure of York University GO Station, with demolition scheduled to make way for expanded Barrie line tracks. These shuttles, which ranged from full-sized transit buses to smaller vans, ferried passengers between the Keele Campus, off-campus housing, and the GO platform.