Dundas station (Dundas, Ontario)

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Dundas
Grand Trunk Railway station Dundas6.jpg
LocationDundas, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°16′22″N 79°58′28″W / 43.27278°N 79.97444°W / 43.27278; -79.97444Coordinates: 43°16′22″N 79°58′28″W / 43.27278°N 79.97444°W / 43.27278; -79.97444
Tracks2
ConnectionsCanada Coach Lines[1]
Other information
StatusBuilding demolished
History
Opened1864
Closed1990
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Brantford
toward Chicago
 International Burlington West
toward Toronto

Dundas station was a passenger station in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. It was located halfway up the Niagara Escarpment west of downtown Dundas,[2] near where Hamilton Regional Road 8 (formerly Ontario Highway 8) crosses under the railway tracks.

History[]

The International Limited at Dundas in 1983

The Great Western Railway (GWR) put their line through Dundas in 1853, but it wasn't until 1864 that the first station was built.[3] They algamated with the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) in 1882,[4] who constructed a new station building in 1904 and double tracked the line.[3] The GTR was absorbed by the Canadian National Railway (CNR) in 1923. Via Rail continued to provide passenger train service to the station from 1977 until the mid 1980s. A fire seriously damaged the station in 1984 and it was decided to move the historic structure to a more suitable site. The building collapsed while it was being dismantled and it could not be saved.[3] The VIA/Amtrak International continued to stop until it was rerouted in 1990. A restricted fire access route from Highway 8 is the only reminder of a railway station in the area.

References[]

  1. ^ "Canada Coach Lines, 1963 GMDD SDM-4502". Trains & Trams. Michael Taylor. Retrieved June 25, 2017. CCL provided a shuttle service for rail passengers between Dundas and downtown Hamilton.
  2. ^ "The Valley Town. Dundas (1780 - 2007)". Ontario Architecture Website. Retrieved June 25, 2017. The rail station in Dundas was located half way up the escarpment, quite a distance from the downtown area
  3. ^ a b c Stan Nowak (July 16, 2004). "Dundas' Grand Trunk Station". Dundas Star News. Archived from the original on May 11, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Emily Bergen. "History of the Great Western Railway" (PDF). Local History. St. Thomas Public Library. Retrieved June 25, 2017. 12 August 1882: The official amalgamation of the Great Western with the Grand Trunk occurs.

External links[]

Media related to Dundas, Ontario railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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