Bracebridge station

Bracebridge
General information
Location88 Hiram Street,
Bracebridge, ON,
Canada
Coordinates45°02′39.73″N 79°18′39.23″W / 45.0443694°N 79.3108972°W / 45.0443694; -79.3108972
Owned byOntario Northland Railway
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened2004[1]
Closed2012
Former services
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station
Huntsville
toward Cochrane
 Northlander Gravenhurst
toward Toronto
Future services[2]
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station
Huntsville
toward Timmins
 Northlander
(reopening mid-2020s)
 Gravenhurst
toward Toronto

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 Riverside 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. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ "Northlander Passenger Train". www.ontarionorthland.ca. Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ Ontario Northland, Schedule 100: Toronto - North Bay
  4. ^ "Photo of CN 186 02". flickrhivemind.net. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Passenger rail service in northeastern Ontario to return by mid-2020s | CBC News".
  6. ^ "Work on Northlander train stop shelters starting this summer". Timmins Today. Village Media. May 31, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.


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