London station (Ontario)

London
A Via train at the station in London, Ontario
Location	205 York Street, London, ON Canada
Coordinates	42°58′55″N 81°14′47″W / 42.9819°N 81.2464°W / 42.9819; -81.2464Coordinates: 42°58′55″N 81°14′47″W / 42.9819°N 81.2464°W / 42.9819; -81.2464
Owned by	Via Rail
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	5
Connections	London Transit
Construction
Structure type	Manned station
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: LN
History
Opened	1963
Rebuilt	2001
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Strathroy toward Sarnia Sarnia–Toronto St. Marys toward Toronto Glencoe toward Windsor Windsor–Toronto Ingersoll toward Toronto Preceding station GO Transit Following station Terminus Kitchener Express St. Marys towards Union Station
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Strathroy toward Chicago International St. Marys toward Toronto Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station toward Sarnia Grand Trunk Railway Main Line toward Montreal toward Goderich– London Terminus Terminus London– Stratford toward Stratford

London station in London, Ontario, Canada is a major interchange for Via Rail trains running from Toronto west to Sarnia and Windsor. The station is a large, modern, wheelchair accessible building on the south end of the city centre, and connects to local public transit bus services.

On October 18, 2021, GO Transit started weekday service between Toronto and London on the Kitchener line. The pilot service does not offer Presto access and riders will need to purchase digital tickets.

History[]

Former CN station in 1966

The first passenger station at this site was completed by Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1853. The station continued to serve the London area for the Grand Trunk Railway after the two companies amalgamated in 1882.^[1] The original building survived until 1935 when it was torn down to make way for a new station built by the Canadian National Railway.^[2]

The first CN station was demolished and gave way to two structures, a three-storey building at 205 York Street (now home to the CN Credit Union) completed in 1963^[3] and the 10-storey CN Tower Building at 197 York Street built in 1969.^[4] The latter building, an International-style structure was closed in 2000 as CN staff dwindled and was imploded at 9:15 a.m., on February 4, 2001.^[5] During demolition of the 1969 structure and construction of the present station, train services temporarily reverted to the 1963 station. The old credit union building was incorporated into the current station structure after 2001 and remaining site of the old station became a parking lot. The platform area from the previous stations were retained in the new station.

The International Limited was operated jointly by Via Rail and Amtrak between Chicago and Toronto. The service, which had started in 1982, was discontinued in 2004.^[6] The current Corridor service maintains the Canadian section of the International route.

See also[]

• Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (Via Rail) – trans-provincial passenger rail corridor which includes Stratford
• Rail transport in Ontario

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to London, Ontario railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Via Rail station page for London station (Ontario)