Bracebridge station
Bracebridge | |||||||||||
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| Location | 88 Hiram Street Bracebridge, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°02′39.73″N 79°18′39.23″W / 45.0443694°N 79.3108972°W | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ontario Northland Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Newmarket Subdivision | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Cycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2004[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Bracebridge station is a railway station located in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. The station was a stop for Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander passenger trains until Northlander service was discontinued on September 28, 2012. Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services maintains a stop at the nearby Quality Inn for inter-city busses.[3]
The current passenger shelter was constructed in 2004 by the Town of Bracebridge using donations and community volunteers.[1] It remained in use until 2012. By 2015 only the small waiting station and parking lot remained. A former CNR speeder maintenance car on static display by Muskoka Rails Museum has been removed and is now located in Gravenhurst.[4]
In 2021, the government of Ontario announced plans to restore the Northlander service, including a stop in Bracebridge, between Toronto and either Timmins or Cochrane by the mid 2020s.[5] A new permanent heated passenger shelter will be constructed on the site between 2024–2026 in preparation for ONR resuming Northlander passenger service in the mid-2020s.[6] The existing structure will be removed prior to constructing the new passenger shelter.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Driscoll, Matt (January 12, 2024). "Northland building "state-of-the-art" train shelter in Bracebridge". South Muskoka Doppler. C3 Digital Media. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ↑ "Northlander Passenger Train". www.ontarionorthland.ca. Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. 6 June 2023.
- ↑ Ontario Northland, Schedule 100: Toronto - North Bay
- ↑ "Photo of CN 186 02". flickrhivemind.net. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Passenger rail service in northeastern Ontario to return by mid-2020s | CBC News".
- ↑ "Work on Northlander train stop shelters starting this summer". Timmins Today. Village Media. May 31, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.