General

Station Name: Holland Landing, a.k.a. St. Albans[Smith-1956, p. 33]
Subdivision: Newmarket
Mileage: 37.85
Station Symbols: ...
Train Order: P
Office Signals: ...
Sidings: 22 (mileage 37.49 to 37.78)
Other Tracks: S.2 (mileage 37.74 off Siding)
Location: (York County, East Gwilllimbury Township)

Footnotes

None.

Chronology

Date Event
1852 Station designed by Frederic W. Cumberland1.
1853-01-11/1853-01-20 OS&HURR tenders construction of depot[The Globe (Toronto), Tuesday, January 11, 1853, p. 3].
1853-06-13 OS&HURR opens station2.
1860-09-10 NRC operates special train for His Royal Majesty, Albert, Prince of Wales[Walker-1953, p. 8].

Photographs

Date Image Notes

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
n.d. NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 425 NRC Track plan. 1"=50'
1870-12 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 241 NRC Track plan. 1"=50'
1918-08-06 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 352 GTR Track plan.  
1948-01 [Wilson-1998, p. 36] CNR Track plan.
1953-12-31 J.P. Smith CNR Operating Diagram  

End Notes

  1. 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.
  2. This statement is based on the opening of the line to Bradford[Trout-1970, p. 106].