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By GO Transit to Uxbridge for the day - Planning
Toronto-Uxbridge |
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6:40 |
9:15 |
2:35 |
includes 50 minutes in Stouffville |
7:40 |
9:15 |
1:35 |
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8:40 |
11:10 |
2:30 |
includes 50 minutes in Stouffville |
9:40 |
11:10 |
1:30 |
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Uxbridge-Toronto |
every 30 minutes from Stouffville |
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15:40 |
17:20 |
1:40 |
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16:40 |
18:20 |
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18:45 |
20:10 |
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My first essay was Barrie for the day .
Armed with new knowledge I plan a trip to Uxbridge for the day in part because I will consolidate my knowledge on GO Transit day trips, and in part because the trip can be as short as ninety minutes each way (Union Station).
A long day in Uxbridge would be 9:15 to 20:10 or about eleven hours. A short day in Uxbridge would be 11:10 to 15:40 or about four and a half hours.
Intermediate towns are Stouffville and Lincolnville either or both of which could be explored briefly in a 50-minute stopover on the way up or down.
At a minimum I should collect two maps (Google street and earth views), locate any Libraries, City Hall or BIA offices, and Local Transit Systems. It may well be that Stouffville and Lincolnville are too small to carry Local Transit Systems.
Uxbridge
A street map of Uxbridge
An earth-view map of Uxbridge
Where the GO Transit arrives in Uxbridge
Some useful links for Uxbridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uxbridge,_Ontario
http://www.uxbridge.com/profile.html
http://www.communityexplore.com/uxbridgeontario/
https://town.uxbridge.on.ca/public_transportation
http://www.durhamregiontransit.com/Maps/Pages/Route%20Maps.aspx
http://www.durhamregiontransit.com/Maps/Documents/NorthMaySystemMap.jpg
https://town.uxbridge.on.ca/library
http://www.uxlib.com/?title=hours_of_operation
The community's oldest building, the Uxbridge Friends Meeting House, was built in 1820 and overlooks the town from Quaker Hill, a kilometre to the west.
Uxbridge has two community newspapers, the Standard the Cosmos.
The Uxbridge-Scott Museum and Archives possesses a number of artifacts, mostly related to the township's agricultural heritage and the genealogy of its residents.
Uxbridge station is the northern terminus of the York Durham Heritage Railway , which runs from Stouffville.
Durham Region Transit also runs buses through Uxbridge every hour from Route 950 (Uxbridge/Port Perry/UOIT) and limited service via community bus route (Uxbridge East Uxbridge West).
Downloadable 1:50 000 topographical map of Uxbridge (map 31D03), by the Ministry of Natural Resources
Transit
I note in passing that the DRT-900 “Pulse” will take me from the TTC in Scarborough (Kingston Road) at Sheppard or Meadowvale roads; this gives me a surface route connection to home for $2. The buses run every 15 minutes or less.
Starting January 1, 2006, you can ride anywhere in Durham using a single fare on all DRT and Go Transit buses throughout the Region. For more information relating to bus services please go to www.durhamregiontransit.com .
Here are the fares that concern me; by the time you read this the fares may have changed; please check with Fares .
If I intend to travel repeatedly in Durham region, a 10-ticket sheet makes sense at $2/trip. Especially if I can re-route back to the GO train by a leisurely scenic route. I note that a sheet ticket costs the same as a Presto Tap.
I note too that the “Senior multi-ride pass will be discontinued ?and replaced with tickets on May 1, 2015”
DRT-950 is a regional route that links Uxbridge, Port Perry, Durham College and UOIT; 601& 701 & 801 are Brock, Uxbridge and Port Perry, Community Buses. It seems that 701 and 950 are in my purlieu or purview, take your pick.
The green route is the 701-Community, shown in detail below.
The 701 Community bus route
The 701 Community bus route. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, departures at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 then 12:30, 13:30, 14:30. The trip lasts an hour.
The 950 runs infrequently, especially during school holidays. A trip typically runs from the GO at Durham College to Uxbridge 10:05-11:12 or 18:42-19:57.
Library
The Uxbridge Public Library stands on the southeast corner of Brock and Toronto Streets. The clock tower of the library is one of the most interesting architectural features of the Town of Uxbridge. The library clock was installed on August 16, 1887, by the Seth Thomas Clock Co. of Thomaston, Connecticut, and it still works perfectly 125 years later. The clock remained silent from 1954 to 1999. In December 2000 the Verdin company installed new chimes in the clock tower. The chimes were possible with donations from Uxbridge citizens and businesses.
The library has an online catalogue at www.uxlib.com and Free Internet Access and WiFi, so taking a small computer in my bag is an option.
Hours of Operation: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm or later most days.
(later) I downloaded the current library newsletter and spotted this little item:-
Good to know, since I’d thought of traveling next Monday. So, will it be Tuesday or Wednesday? It is Wednesday that the Community Bus runs.
So Wednesday it is!
Museums
The Uxbridge Historical Centre is out of town; call 905-852-0400 for directions. Is it serviced by DRT?
The Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society appears to be located in town.
Stouffville
This town is seen as a potential stop-over on the way out or back, courtesy of GO Transit offering an all-day ticket.
Some useful links for Stouffville
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitchurch%E2%80%93Stouffville
http://www.yorkregion.com/opinion-story/2513853-stouffville-rd-yrt-route-makes-so-much-sense/
The town is currently served by two local community newspapers: the Stouffville Free Press and the Stouffville Sun-Tribune.
Transit
York Region Transit (YRT) Route 15 connects Stouffville to Yonge Street in Richmond Hill. Despite excellent access to the GO Transit and York Region Transit systems, the two systems are not integrated.
The YRT 15 connects to YRT on Yonge Street (and hence to Finch TTC station). The service is poor, running eastwards from Yonge street at 6:45, 7:55, 9:05 then nothing until 15:04; westwards at 15;29, 16:39 and 17:49. Trips vary in duration around 20 to 30+ minutes.
Library
In 1877, the village of Stouffville established a Mechanics' Institute , which later became the Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library . The Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library is located in the Whitchurch-Stouffville Leisure Centre (constructed in 2001), a facility occupied jointly by the department of Leisure Services and the library.
The Latcham Gallery is a community art gallery established in 1979, by a group of local artists and visionaries who saw the need for an arts facility in Whitchurch–Stouffville
Lincolnville
There is nothing to be gained by stopping-over in Lincolnville unless it is the exercise of the walk back to Stouffville. If one took supper in Stouffville and had just missed the GO bus, a brisk 30-minute walk would probably let me catch the next bus from Lincolnville.
Sunday, June 07, 2015
If it weren’t for the library being closed, I’d be off tomorrow.
Today dawns Sunny. By 9:00 I have decided to go for a long walk, to explore the area under debate for the Gardiner. As an experiment I will take my shoulder bag with a lunch of rice-chicken-vegetable salad in a plastic tub, some carrots and apples, a drink, hard-boiled egg and popcorn – my basic kit of travel rations – and see how it feels to lug lunch and stuff in a bag all day long.
Monday, June 08, 2015
Thank heavens the Uxbridge Library is closed today.
No, not really.
I was woken around two this morning by a series of rolling thunderstorms that swept across Toronto for an hour or more. Given the furor it was a good bet that the morning and probably the rest of the day would be drenched in the trailing skirts of the storms, and as I type at 10:00 it is still raining off an on in Toronto.
Of course, Stouffville and Uxbridge could be basking in sunshine, but I doubt it.
What does this tell me? Be flexible in “booking” my day trips; had I purchased (or been allowed to purchase) a GO Transit ticket in advance for today, I’d be forced to choose between risking rain and losing the value of my ticket.
Speaking of tickets: I am beginning to hang on to my spare change in coins. Coins are essential for paying individual bus fares of $2.60 or $3.40 and the like. Many bus services do not provide change when you board a bus; paying with a $5 banknote for a $2.30 fare is a bit much. For my tastes.
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
I have bought into a Presto card, which means that I am no longer tied to a “return” GO ticket; I can travel by GO Transit to Stoufville and Uxbridge, then return from Uxbridge by DRT to the GO train, or bu Go to Stouffville and then by YRT to the TTC.
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