History

The Dundas Subdivision has as it's orgin four railways:

Footnotes

Chronology

Date Event
1853-12-17 GWR operates first through train from Niagara Falls via Hamilton to London[Stevens-1960, p. 106].
1853-12-21 GWR opens Hamilton to London[Churcher].
1854-03-06 BB&GR establishes regular service between Brantford and Paris [Stevens-1960, p. 471].
1854-11-01 BB&GR opens between Fort Erie and Paris[Trout-1970, p. 35].
1856-05-16 BB&GR becomes the B&LHR[Stevens-1960, p. 473].
1858-06-28 GTR leases B&LHR[Stevens-1960, p. 475].
1871c H&BR proposes to construct a line from the GWR east of Harrisburg to Brantford by way of Alford[Trout-1970, p. 166].
1871-11-23 GWR formally opens branch from Harrisburg to Brantford[The Globe (Toronto), November 24, 1871].
1882-08-12 GWR and GTR amalgamate[Bowers-1983, pp. 19 & 162, Cooper-2001, p. 394].
1905-09-30 GTR officially opens new "cut-off" between Lynden and Alford and opens mainline via Brantford[The Globe (Toronto), Monday, October 2, 1905, pp. 1 & 3].
1923-01-31 GTR becomes part of CNR[Bowers-1983, p. 162, Cooper-2001, p. 394].
1928-03-03 Railway Age announces that Union Switch & Signal will supply materials for installation of Automatic Block Signalling using colour light signals between London and Ingersoll[Railway Age, 84(9) 1928-03-03, p. 550].

End Notes

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