Grimsby station is a
railway station in
Grimsby
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,
Ontario, Canada. It is served by the ''
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'' train between
Toronto and
New York City.
The ''Maple Leaf'' is a joint
Amtrak
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Via Rail service: ticketing is shared, and trains consist of Amtrak equipment but are operated on the Toronto–Niagara Falls portion of the route by Via crews. The station was formerly served by additional Via trains operating as part of
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services, but these were discontinued in 2012.
The
station is an accessible, unstaffed, but heated shelter beside the tracks replaced a small wooden shed. Parking is free.
History
Original station (1853)
The original
Great Western Railway station, built in 1853, was moved further back from the tracks in the late 1800s, is unoccupied as of early 2021 and was most recently used by the Fork Road Pottery from 1997 until 2018.
It had also been used previously as a fruit depot and meat packing depot.
Grimsby Great Western Railway Station ACNM0001007e.jpg, Original GWR station in 1855
1853GWR-GrimsbyStation-20201212.jpg, Original GWR station in December 2020
Other buildings
The second GWR station burned down in 1900 and was replaced by a third in 1902.
That historic railway station building had two towers and was destroyed by an electrical fire in 1994. That building was concurrently in use as a restaurant between 1979 and 1994.
The current Via Rail shelter was built in the 1990s.
See also
*
Grimsby GO Station
References
External links
Grimsby Via Rail Station(Canada RailGuide—TrainWeb){{Amtrak Ontario stations
Via Rail stations in Ontario
Amtrak stations in Canada
Railway stations in Canada opened in 1902
Rail transport in Grimsby, Ontario
Railway stations in the Regional Municipality of Niagara
Grand Trunk Railway stations in Ontario