Dixie GO Station

Dixie
Location 2445 Dixie Road
Mississauga, Ontario
Coordinates 43°36′28″N 79°34′40″W / 43.60778°N 79.57778°W / 43.60778; -79.57778Coordinates: 43°36′28″N 79°34′40″W / 43.60778°N 79.57778°W / 43.60778; -79.57778
Owned by Metrolinx
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Connections
  MiWay
Construction
Structure type Brick station building
Parking 685 spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GO Transit: DXGO
Fare zone 11
History
Opened 27 October 1981
Services
Preceding station   GO Transit   Following station
toward Milton
Milton

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.

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 Railway 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.

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