Leaside railway station

Leaside

Original CPR station in 1899
Location Village Station Road,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°42′16″N 79°21′22″W / 43.70444°N 79.35611°W / 43.70444; -79.35611Coordinates: 43°42′16″N 79°21′22″W / 43.70444°N 79.35611°W / 43.70444; -79.35611
Owned by Metrolinx
History
Opened 1894
Closed 1982
Rebuilt 1946

Leaside railway station was opened in 1894 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, to serve the new Toronto community of Leaside, on a railway line leased from the Ontario and Quebec Railway.[1] That wooden frame structure burned down in the 1940s and was replaced by a more contemporary building in 1946. Passenger service ended in 1982, when Via Rail’s Toronto to Havelock route was discontinued.[2]

History

The first railway company to come to Leaside was the Ontario and Quebec Railway, in the 1870s. The Canadian Northern Railway purchased some land north of that in 1906, for a locomotive repair shop and marshalling yard.[3]

When the CPR built a new line, connecting Leaside Junction down through the Don Valley[4] via Don Station to Union Station in 1892, it gave the station more prominence and enabled additional train service.[2]

Between 1975 and 1983 the building was operated by CP Hotels for the Village Station Restaurant and for a short time after that was used as a CPR business centre and CPR Police office.[5]

Under Metrolinx's regional transportation plan, The Big Move, consideration has been given to providing through GO Train service to Seaton from Union Station. The earlier MoveOntario 2020 plan was to serve Peterborough by way of the Midtown Corridor.[6]

In 2009 the property was acquired by Metrolinx for potential future GO Transit service.[5]

References

  1. ↑ An Act to confirm the lease of the Ontario and Quebec Railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and for other purposes, S.C. 1884, c. 54, confirming the "Indenture of lease: The Ontario & Quebec Railway Company to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company". January 1884.
  2. 1 2 Tara Hatherly (17 April 2013). "LEASIDE 100: Railways helped to build community". East York Mirror. Retrieved February 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Kaitlin (April 26, 2013). "Leaside and the Railway". Heritage Toronto. Retrieved February 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ Edward Brown (29 September 2010). "A Walk Along the Don Valley Railway". Retrieved February 2015. In 1888, the CPR was granted permission to build a branch line from Leaside Junction to Bay Street. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. 1 2 R.L.Kennedy. "Old and new Leaside Stations". Canadian Pacific Railway, Toronto Division. Old Time Trains. Retrieved February 2015. In April of 2009 the property was sold to the province for future GO service Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ Hatch Mott MacDonald (February 2010). "Peterborough Rail Study: Final Report" (PDF). Metrolinx. Retrieved February 2015. The former Leaside Station location adjacent to Millwood Road would also be relatively close to the proposed LRT station at Millwood Road and Overlea Boulevard. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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