General

Station Name: Maple, a.k.a. Richmond Hill
Subdivision: Newmarket
Mileage: 18.29
Station Symbols: ...
Train Order: DN
Office Signals: MA
Sidings: 60 (mileage 18.42 to 19.02)
Other Tracks:
  • Team Track: NS.19 (mileage 18.23 off Main to 18.46 of Siding), freight shed
  • Superior Propane Limited: N.8 (mileage 18.27 off Team Track)
Location: 26 Station Street
Maple
(York County, Vaughan Township)
HSMBC Report: RSR-139
Designation / Year: Positive / 1992

Footnotes

Maple—Crossover switch Mileage 18.4 is entrance to Siding.

No. 156 will stop at King and Maple to detrain revenue passengers only from North of Barrie.

Chronology1

Date Event
1852 Station designed by Frederic W. Cumberland2.
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; and
  • Freight house: 24½'×81'×12', sill foundation, wood frame, shingle roof[GTR.ND.1907, p. 153].
1853-08-19 A small tree is placed across the track north of Maple; consequences of the action have not been determined but the OS&HURR offers a $1,000 reward[The Globe (Toronto), August 23, 1853, p. 3]
1860-09-10 NRC operates special train for His Royal Majesty, Albert, Prince of Wales[Walker-1953, p. 8].
1864c NRC constructs:
  • Agent's dwelling: 24'×28'×10', sill foundation, wood frame, shingle roof; and
  • Addition: 10'×17'×10', sill foundation, wood frame, shingle roof[GTR.ND.1907, p. 153].
1894-07-02 Station appears as Richmond Hill in a ca. 1894 GTR time tables[GTR-1894, pp. 28-29].
1902-07-15 Station appears as Maple in a ca. 1902 GTR time tables[GTR-1902, pp. 32-33].
1903-05-17 First station destroyed by fire3.
1903c GTR constructs stock yard: 34'×35', double chute[GTR.ND.1907, p. 153].
1903-07c GTR constructs: second (current) station: 22'×42'×16', sill foundation, shingle roof[GTR.ND.1907, p. 153; RSR-139].
1904c GTR constructs addition to agent's dwelling: 12'×18'×10', sill foundation, wood frame, shingle roof[GTR.ND.1907, p. 153].
1950-09-24/1951-04-29 Following spurs added off Team Track:
  • 18.3 Imperial Oil, N.8; and
  • 18.4 King City Paving, N.20.
[CNR.CR.NOD.96 & 97].
1951-09-30/1952-04-27 Imperial Oil becomes Superior Propane Limited[CNR.CR.NOD.100 & 2].
1953-04-26/1953-06-28 King City Paving spur removed[CNR.CR.NOD.5 & 6].
1962-08-04 Superior Propane Limited facility destroyed by fire; CNR trains diverted[The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Monday, August 6, 1962, pp. 1-2; The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Tuesday, August 7, 1962, pp. 1-2 & 4; Reaman-1971, p. 112].
1964-04-26 Appears in CNR PTT[CNR.A.195, Table 55].
1964-10-25 Does not appear in CNR PTT[CNR.A.196, Table 60].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
1900c Image Not Available
Unknown		 South (waiting room) and west (track) elevations of GTR station.
1910c Image Not Available
Unknown		 South (waiting room) and west (track) elevations of GTR station.
1910c
Margo Teasdale, Ministry of Citizenship and Communications		 South (waiting room) and west (track) elevations of GTR station.
n.d.
John Scheffel photo		 North (baggage room) and west (track) elevations of station.

Elizabeth A. Willmot photo		 Station.
[Willmot-1979, p. 49]

Elizabeth A. Willmot photo		 South (waiting room) and west (track) elevations of CNR station.
[Willmot-1984, p. 10]
1968
W. MacLaren Wilson photo—Ian Wilson collection		 South (waiting room) and west (track) elevations of CNR station.
1985c
JPS photo		 West (track) elevation of GO Transit station.
2002-11-26
JPS photo		 South and west (track) elevations of GO Transit station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
n.d. NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 403   Track plan. 1"=50'
1890-01-09 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 175 GTR Track plan. 1"=50'
1903c JPS n.a. Station. First Floor Plan
1947-03 [Wilson-2007, p. 51] CNR Track plan.

End Notes

  1. It is not known when this station was designated Maple, it appears as Richmond Hill in a ca. 1894 GTR time table[GTR-1894, pp. 28-29] but as Maple in a ca. 1902 GTR time table[GTR-1902, pp. 32-33]. Note that Reaman incorrectly states that the station was renamed after the line was purchased by the CNR[Reaman-1971, p. 111].
  2. This statement is based on similar stations being built at Concord, King, Newmarket and Holland Landing[Brown-2002, p. 114]. It is reasonable to assume that the OS&HUR would use a standard plan. Frederic W. Cumberland is identified as the architect of this station type on King station plaque.
  3. The Liberal (Richmond Hill) reported on May 21, 1903 that the station was destroyed by fire on Sunday[RSR-139].