General

Station Name: Orillia
Subdivision: Midland Newmarket
Mileage: 42.67 86.262
Station Symbols: RWYZ RWYZ
Train Order: DN DN
Office Signals: OR OR
Sidings: ... ...
Other Tracks: ... ...
Yard Limit Boards: 5,469 feet south
4,400 feet west 5,155 feet north
Location: 150 Front Street
Orillia
(Simcoe County, Orillia Township)
HSMBC Report: RSR-203
Designation / Year: Positive / 1993

Footnotes

Midland

Normal position of junction switch is for Newmarket Subdivision.

All Westward trains leaving Orillia must obtain terminal clearance.

Newmarket

No. 3 will stop at Barrie and Orillia to entrain traffic for points Washago and West.

Chronology

Date Event
1871-11-14 NRC operates special train from Toronto to Orillia[The Globe (Toronto), November 15, 1871, p. 1]
1871-11-30 TS&MJR formally opens from Barrie to Orillia[The Globe (Toronto), December 1, 1871, p. 1; Hopper-1962, p. 641]1.
1916-03-01 Station destroyed by fire[RSR-203]
1917 (Summer) GTR begins construction of station[RSR-203]
1917-12 GTR opens station[RSR-203]
1996 (Fall) Station closed.

Photographs

Date Image Notes
1900c Click to Enlarge
JPS Collection
Postcard view of first station in the GTR era. The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd., Montréal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain. (No. 101.862) Not postally used.
1900c Click to Enlarge
JPS Collection
Postcard view of first station in the GTR era. The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd., Montréal and Toronto. Printed in Great Britain (No. 110.052). Not postally used.
1910c Enlargement not Available
Robert Kirkham
East elevation of GTR station.
After 1917 Click to Enlarge
JPS Collection
Postcard view of first station in the GTR era. Printed by The Heliotype Co., Ltd., Ottawa. Not postally used.
After 1923 Click to Enlarge
JPS Collection
Postcard view of second station in the early CNR era. No. 584. Published by "R. O. Smith Co., Ltd., Wholesalers, Orillia." Not postally used.
1927 Enlargement not Available
CSTM / CN Photo Collection / Image CN001103
West and south (track) elevations of GTR station.
1958-07-16 Image not Available
John Rehor photo, Dave Shaw collection
Gateman's cabin and F.L. Buchanan at Front Street.
1958-07-31 Image not Available
Ray Faux collection
South (track) elevations of CNR station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
n.d. NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 408   Track plan. 1in.=50ft.
1885c NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 139 GTR Sketch 1in.=40ft.
1885c NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 140 Tracing of NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 139
1917-07 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 78903/42 Item 465 GTR Station. Plans. Elevations. Section.
1921 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 78903/42 Item 466 Revision to NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 78903/42 Item 465
n.d. NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 78903/42 Item 467 GTR 50 ton coaling tower. Plans. Elevations.
1946-05 [Wilson-1998, p. 134] CNR Track plan.
1950-07 [Wilson-2007, p. 145] CNR Track plan.

End Notes

  1. Stevens states that Barrie to Orillia opened on April 1, 1872[Stevens-1960, p. 410].
  2. Based on a ca. 1902 GTR time table, the previous station was at Newmarket mileage 86.0[GTR-1902, pp. 32-33].