General

Station Name: Concord, a.k.a. Thornhill
Subdivision: Newmarket
Mileage: 14.32
Station Symbols: W1
Train Order: D
Office Signals: HI2
Sidings: 39 (mileage 14.27 to 14.71)3
Other Tracks: 114
  • Team Track: NS.11 (mileage 14.30 to 14.47 off Siding), freight shed
Location: (York County, Vaughan Township)

Chronology

Date Event
1852 Station designed by Frederic W. Cumberland5.
1852-10 Rail laying reaches the village of Concord[Willmot-1984, p. 3].
1853-01-11/1853-01-20 OS&HURR tenders construction of depot[The Globe (Toronto), Tuesday, January 11, 1853, p. 3].
1853 OS&HURR constructs station: 25'×41'×13', sill foundation, wood frame, shingle roof[GTR.ND.1907, p. 152].
1853-06-24 Barns, a worker on the OS&HURR is, struck and killed by a train near Thornhill station[The Globe (Toronto), June 25, 1853, p. 2]
1853-11-08 Intent to incorporate company to construct Thornhill Railroad from OS&HURR at Concord to the Village of Thornhill[The Globe (Toronto), Monday, January 9, 1854, p. 3].
1860-09-10 NRC operates special train for His Royal Majesty, Albert, Prince of Wales[Walker-1953, p. 8].
1908-06-21 Appears as Thornhill[GTRS.ND.23].
1909-06-27 Appears as Concord[GTRS.ND.26].
1964-04-26 Appears in PTT[CNR.A.195, Table 55].
1964-10-25 Absent from PTT[CNR.A.196, Table 60].
1978c CNR demolishes station[Thompson-2003, p. 8].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
1957-11-23 Image Not Available
Robert Sandusky photo		 South and west (track) elevations of station.
1964-04 Image Not Available
John D. Thompson photo		 North and west (track) elevations of station showing addition.
n.d. Image Not Available
Elizabeth A. Willmot photo		 South and west (track) elevations of station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1890c NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 172 GTR Track plan. 1"=50'

End Notes

  1. From a water tank located at mileage 14.46[CNR Property Plan], which was filled from the TBD river[GTR.ND.1907, p. 12].
  2. The "HI" office signal derives from the original name of the station, Thornhill.
  3. Sidings history:
    Date Sidings
    1926-09-26 47
    1927-01-02/1927-06-26 46
    1927-09-25/1928-09-30 21
    1929-01-06/1939-07-02 44
    1939-09-24/1943-06-27 42
    1943-07-18/1958-12-07 39
    1959-04-26/1960-10-30 35
    *Capacity of sidings/passing tracks does not appear in GTRS time tables before 1915-06-27.
  4. Other Tracks history:
    Date Other Tracks
    1926-09-26* 23
    1927-01-02/1928-09-30 24
    1929-01-06/1929-07-28 22
    1929-09-29 24
    1929-11-17/1931-04-26 22
    1931-06-28/1939-07-02 23
    1939-09-24/1960-01-30 11
    *Capacity of other tracks does not appear in CNR time tables before at least 1926-06-27.
  5. This statement is based on similar stations being built at Concord, King, Newmarket and Holland Landing[Brown-2002, p. 114]. Frederic W. Cumberland is identified as the architect of this station type by a plaque on the King station.