General

Station Name: Toronto
Subdivision: Bala Brampton Newmarket Oakville Oshawa
Mileage: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 333.84
Station Symbols: K K K K CK*WXZ
Train Order: DN DN DN DN DN
Office Signals: UN UN UN UN UN
Sidings: Yard Yard Yard Yard Yard
Other Tracks: Yard Yard Yard Yard Yard
Location: Front Street West
Toronto
(York County)
HSMBC Report: RSR-3
Designation / Year: Positive / 1989

Footnotes

Bala Subdivision

Toronto is an initial station, Bala Subdivision, except that Don is an initial station for No. 409 [Freight Daily ex. Sunday].

Newmarket Subdivision

Toronto is an initial station, Newmarket Subdivision.

Oakville Subdivision

Register station for first class and passenger extra trains, originating and terminating.

Toronto is initial station, Oakville Subdivison.

Oshawa Subdivision

*Register station for first class and passenger extra trains originating and terminating.

Toronto is an initial station Oshawa Subdivision.

Chronology

Date Event
1853-01-11/1853-01-20 OS&HURR tenders construction of wharves and freight depots[The Globe, January 11 through 20, 1853]
1853-05-16 Inaugural run of the OS&HUR from Toronto to Machell's Corners (now Aurora)[Mika-1978, p. 31; Stevens-1960, p. 398; Walker-1953, p. 1; Willmot-1984 p. 3].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
n.d.
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC / B-020053		 NRC elevator.
n.d.
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC / C-008181		 NRC shops.
n.d.
Andrew Merrilees Collection / NAC / PA-136475		 NRC wharf.
1853
Canadian National Railways Collection / NAC / PA-188848		 GTR station.
1860c
Janet Lehr Collection / NAC / Acc. 1980-197		 GTR station.
1862
Sir Sanfrod Fleming Collection / NAC / C-004844		 NRC yards on the west side of Brock (Spadina) St.
1924-04-01
John Boyd Collection / NAC / PA-086480 		NRC offices.
n.d.
CN Photo Collection / CSTM / Image 1138		 Station

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1892c NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 90137 Item 24 GTR Track plan. 1in.=40ft.

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