The following
railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
s operate in the Canadian province of
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
.
Common freight carriers
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Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY)
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Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN i ...
(CN) including subsidiaries
Algoma Central Railway
The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario that operates between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst. It used to have a branch line to Wawa, Ontario. The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads.
The rai ...
(AC),
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company is an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding ...
(GTW), and
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company is a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Central Ltd. It operates a railroad bridge over the St. Marys River between Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. See also
* Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Brid ...
(SSAM), and lessor
Arnprior–Nepean Railway
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Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
(CP)
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CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
(CSXT)
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Essex Terminal Railway
Essex Terminal Railway (often referred to as ETR) is a Canadian shortline terminal railroad, running from the City of Windsor, Ontario through LaSalle, to Amherstburg, Ontario, for a distance of approximately . ETR has direct connections to ...
(ETL)
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Goderich–Exeter Railway
The Goderich–Exeter Railway is a short line freight railway that operates around of track in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Created in 1992, it was the first short line railway in Canada to be purchased from a class I railway, in this case Ca ...
(GEXR)
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Huron Central Railway (HCRY)
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Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway
Minnesota Dakota and Western Railway is a shortline railroad operating 4 miles of track between International Falls and Ranier, Minnesota as well as between International Falls and Fort Frances, Ontario via the Fort Frances – International ...
(MDW)
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Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
(NS)
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Ontario Northland Railway
The Ontario Northland Railway is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario.
Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing area ...
(ONT) including subsidiary
Nipissing Central Railway
The Nipissing Central Railway (NCR), sometimes known as the Temiskaming Streetcar Line, is a former interurban streetcar system connecting New Liskeard, Haileybury and Cobalt on the western bank of Lake Temiskaming in northern Ontario from 191 ...
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Ontario Southland Railway
The Ontario Southland Railway Inc. is an independently held short line operator. The company was founded in 1992 to purchase of track between Tillsonburg and Ingersoll, Ontario from the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 2009, a second line was added, ...
(OS)
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Ottawa Valley Railway
Ottawa Valley Railway is a Canadian railway that operates of track in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
The railroad began operations on 30 ...
(RLK)
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Southern Ontario Railway
The Southern Ontario Railway is a shortline railroad in the province of Ontario, owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operated of track from Brantford to Nanticoke, Ontario, ...
(RLHH)
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Trillium Railway
The Trillium Railway is a Canadian short-line railroad operating in the province of Ontario. Much of its right-of-way in the Niagara area was formerly part of the " Welland Canal Railway" (also known as the Welland Railway) that closely follow ...
(TRRY) through subsidiaries
Port Colborne Harbour Railway
The Port Colborne Harbour Railway , formed in 1997, serves various industries in the Port Colborne area and along the New Welland Canal. The principal commodities transported are wheat, scrap, woodpulp, bauxite, and lumber. The Port Colborne Harb ...
and
St. Thomas and Eastern Railway
The St. Thomas and Eastern Railway was a shortline railway division of the Trillium Railway, operating near St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The main commodities transported on the railway were grain, salt, and chemicals. St. Thomas and Eastern conn ...
Passenger carriers
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Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...
(AMTK)
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Capital Railway
The Trillium Line (french: Ligne Trillium), also called O-Train Line 2 (french: Ligne 2 de l'O-Train), is a diesel light rail transit (DLRT) service in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, operated by OC Transpo. The line has been closed since May 2020 f ...
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Falls Incline Railway
The Falls Incline Railway, originally known as the Horseshoe Falls Incline is a type of funicular railway (an inclined elevator) in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It is located beside Niagara Falls at the Horseshoe Falls. The line was ...
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Port Stanley Terminal Rail
The Port Stanley Terminal Rail (PSTR) is a heritage railway that passes over the historic tracks of The London and Port Stanley Railway (L&PS) between Port Stanley, Ontario, Port Stanley and St. Thomas, Ontario, St. Thomas, Ontario. The tourist t ...
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South Simcoe Railway
The South Simcoe Railway is a steam heritage railway in Tottenham, Ontario, north of Toronto. Operating excursions since 1992, it is the oldest operating steam heritage railway in Ontario and features the second oldest operating steam locomotive in ...
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Via Rail
Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating ...
(Via)
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Waterloo Central Railway
The Waterloo Central Railway (WCR) is a non-profit heritage railway owned and operated by the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society (SOLRS). In May 2007, SOLRS received joint approval from the Region of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo ...
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York–Durham Heritage Railway
The York–Durham Heritage Railway is a heritage railway in both the York Region and the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada, north of Toronto.
The railway operates excursion trains from Uxbridge. Trips have various travel times depending on the eve ...
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Algoma Central Railway
The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario that operates between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst. It used to have a branch line to Wawa, Ontario. The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads.
The rai ...
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CN)
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Polar Bear Express
The ''Polar Bear Express'' is a Canadian passenger train operated by the Ontario Northland Railway in Northern Ontario. Service was introduced in 1964. While designated as a passenger train, the Polar Bear Express also carries freight and is equ ...
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ONTC)
Light Rail Transit
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Ion rapid transit
Ion, stylized as ION, is an integrated public transportation network in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It is operated by Keolis and is part of the Grand River Transit (GRT) system, partially replacing GRT's Route 200 i ...
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OC Transpo
OC Transpo, officially the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission, is the public transit agency for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It operates an integrated hub-and-spoke system including light metro, bus rapid transit, conventional ...
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Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region. It is the oldest and largest ...
Defunct railways
Electric
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Belleville Traction Company
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Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway
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Berlin and Northern Railway
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Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway
The Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway was a street railway in Berlin, Ontario, Berlin (renamed Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener) and Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. Horsecar service began in 1888 under the origi ...
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Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway
The Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway (B&H, or BHER) was an interurban electric railway which operated Hamilton, Ontario. Construction was begun by the Von Echa syndicate of Harrisburg, but the railway was taken over by Dominion Power prio ...
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Brantford Street Railway
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Buffalo Railway
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Canadian National Electric Railways
The Canadian National Electric Railways (CNER) was a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railways created to operate a few electric lines. It was formed in November 1923, with headquarters in Toronto.
Acquired lines
The CNER inherited the followi ...
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Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway
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City Railway of Windsor
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City and Suburban Electric Railway
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Cornwall Electric Street Railway
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Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company
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Davenport Street Railway
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Fort William Electric Railway
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Galt and Preston Street Railway Galt or GALT may refer to:
Biology and biochemistry
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People and fictional characters
* Galt (surname), a list of ...
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Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway
The Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway (GP&H) was an interurban electric street railway connecting the three nearby communities of Galt, Preston, and later Hespeler in Waterloo County (now Waterloo Region), Ontario, Canada. The firm wa ...
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Grand River Railway
The Grand River Railway was an interurban electric railway (known as a radial in Ontario) in what is now the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Southwestern Ontario.
History
Background
Preston and Berlin Railway
Starting in the 185 ...
(GRNR)
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Grand Valley Railway
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad , often shortened to ''Rio Grande'', D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a narrow-gauge line running south from De ...
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Guelph Railway
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Guelph Radial Railway
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Hamilton Cataract Power, Light and Traction Company
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Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway
The Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway was an interurban railway operator which ran between Hamilton and Dundas in Southern Ontario, Canada
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Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract Power Company Hamilton may refer to:
People
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** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilton ...
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Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway
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Hamilton Radial Electric Railway
The Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (HRER) was an interurban electric railway which at its maximum extent operated between Hamilton and Oakville in Ontario, Canada.
Route
Between March 3, 1906 and August 3, 1925, the Hamilton Radial Electri ...
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Hamilton Street Railway
The Hamilton Street Railway commonly known as the HSR is a public transport agency in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name is a legacy of the company's early period, when public transit in Hamilton was primarily served by streetc ...
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Hamilton, Waterloo and Guelph Railway
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Huron, Bruce and Grey Electric Railway
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Huron and Ontario Electric Railway (c. 1906 planned and never built)
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Hydro-Electric Railways
Hydro-Electric Railways, a subsidiary of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (HEPC or HEPCO), was an operator of radial railways in the province of Ontario, Canada. Its parent agency, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, would ...
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International Railway
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International Transit Company
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Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway
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Kingston Street Railway
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Places
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** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames ...
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Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway
The Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway was a street railway in Berlin (renamed Kitchener) and Waterloo in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. Horsecar service began in 1888 under the original Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway name and contin ...
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Lake Erie and Northern Railway
The Lake Erie and Northern Railway was an interurban electric railway which operated in the Grand River Valley in Ontario, Canada. The railway owned and operated a north–south mainline which ran from Galt in the north (now a part of Cambridg ...
(LEN)
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Leander Colt Incline
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Leander may also refer to:
People
* Leander (given name)
* Leander (surname)
Places
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London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company
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London and Port Stanley Railway
The London and Port Stanley Railway (L&PS or L&PSR) was a Canadian railway located in southwestern Ontario. It linked the city of London with Port Stanley on the northern shore of Lake Erie, a distance of approximately .
History
The L&PS was on ...
(LPS)
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London Street Railway
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Maid of the Mist Incline The Hornblower Niagara Funicular, previously called the Maid of the Mist Incline and originally known as the Clifton Incline, was a funicular railway in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The line was built to convey patrons of the ''Maid o ...
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Metropolitan Street Railway
The New York Railways Company operated street railways in Manhattan, New York City, United States between 1911 and 1925. The company went into receivership in 1919 and control was passed to the New York Railways Corporation in 1925 after which al ...
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Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto
The Metropolitan line in the Toronto area, operated by the Metropolitan Street Railway, started out as a local horsecar line and transformed itself into an electric radial line extending to Lake Simcoe, following an old stage coach route. In 1904 ...
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Middlesex and Elgin Inter-urban Railway
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Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway
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Places
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Niagara Falls, Park and River Railway
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Niagara Falls, Wesley Park and Clifton Tramway Company
Niagara may refer to:
Geography Niagara Falls and nearby places In both the United States and Canada
*Niagara Falls, the famous waterfalls in the Niagara River
*Niagara River, part of the U.S.–Canada border
*Niagara Escarpment, the cliff ov ...
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Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (NS&T)
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Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway
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Nipissing Central Railway
The Nipissing Central Railway (NCR), sometimes known as the Temiskaming Streetcar Line, is a former interurban streetcar system connecting New Liskeard, Haileybury and Cobalt on the western bank of Lake Temiskaming in northern Ontario from 191 ...
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North Yonge Railways
The North Yonge Railways was a radial railway line operated by the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1930 to 1948 between Glen Echo (Toronto) and Richmond Hill. The line was created by reopening the southern portion of the TTC's Lake Simcoe ...
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Ontario Southern Railway
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Ontario Traction Company
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Ontario West Shore Railway The Ontario West Shore Railway is a historic railway that operated in Ontario, Canada.
The company started construction on a railway line between Goderich, Ontario, Goderich and Kincardine, Ontario, Kincardine in the early 1900s, but the line was n ...
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Ontario West Shore Electric Railway
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Oshawa Railway
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Ottawa City Passenger Railway
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Ottawa Electric Railway
Ottawa Electric Railway Company was a streetcar public transit system in the city of Ottawa, Canada, part of the electric railway streetcars that operated between 1891 and 1959. Ottawa once had tracks through downtown on Rideau Street, Sparks Str ...
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Ottawa Electric Street Railway
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Peterboro and Ashburnham Street Railway
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Peterboro Radial Railway
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Port Arthur Civic Company
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Port Arthur Electric Street Railway
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Port Arthur and Fort William Electric Railway
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Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines and Thorold Electric Street Railway
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Port Dover, Brantford, Berlin and Goderich Railway
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Preston and Berlin Railway
The first Preston and Berlin Railway was a steam-operated railway, opened for operation in 1857. Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener, Ontario), and Preston, Ontario (now part of Cambridge, Ontario), were only apart, but the route required a bridg ...
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St. Catharines, Merritton and Thorold Railway
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* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
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St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway
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* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
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St. Catharines Street Railway
ST, St, or St. may refer to:
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* Stanza, in poetry
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* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
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St. Thomas Street Railway
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Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway
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Sandwich and Windsor Passenger Railway
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Sarnia Street Railway
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Schomberg and Aurora Railway
The Schomberg and Aurora Railway (S&AR, also nicknamed the "Annie Rooney") was a 36 km long railway in Ontario, Canada, running from the town of Schomberg to Oak Ridges, just south of Aurora. It connected Schomberg to the Metropolitan Line ...
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South Essex Electric Railway
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Southwestern Traction Company
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Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway
The Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway was a privately-owned electric interurban railway and streetcar system that connected several neighbourhoods in the town (and later city) of Sudbury, along with what was then the town of Copp ...
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Toronto Railway
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Toronto and Mimico Railway
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Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
The Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company was incorporated in 1890, and operated the Mimico radial line in the Toronto area. The line started operation in 1892 as a short suburban line that later was extended to Port Credit. In 190 ...
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Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company was established in August 1892 to provide street railway service to the Upper Beaches district within the City of Toronto, Ontario and to the neighbouring Township of Scarborough. Exce ...
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Toronto Street Railway
The Toronto Street Railway (TSR) was the operator of a horse-drawn streetcar system from 1861 to 1891 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its successor, the Toronto Railway Company, inherited the horsecar system and electrified it between 1892 and 1894 ...
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Toronto Suburban Railway
The Toronto Suburban Railway was a Canadian electric railway operator with local routes in west Toronto, and a radial (interurban) route to Guelph.
History
Corporate Timeline
The Weston, High Park and Toronto Street Railway Company was incor ...
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Toronto Suburban Street Railway
The Toronto Suburban Railway was a Canadian electric railway operator with local routes in west Toronto, and a radial (interurban) route to Guelph.
History
Corporate Timeline
The Weston, High Park and Toronto Street Railway Company was incor ...
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Toronto and York Radial Railway
The Toronto and York Radial Railway was a transit operator providing services to the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was a subsidiary of the Toronto Railway Company. The company was created by merging four Toronto-area interurban operatio ...
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Weston, High Park and Toronto Street Railway
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Whirlpool Rapids Incline
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Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway (WE&L)
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Windsor and Tecumseh Electric Railway
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Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway
Private freight carriers
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Rama Timber Transport Company
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Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway
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Whitney and Opeongo Railway
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Egan Estates Railway
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Orangeville Brampton Railway
The Orangeville-Brampton Railway was a long short line railway between Orangeville and Streetsville Junction in Mississauga, Ontario. It passed through the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon.
At Streetsville, the OBRY connected with ...
Passenger carriers
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Waterloo – St. Jacobs Railway
Never completed
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Ontario and Pacific Junction Railway
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The company was incorporated in 1874 to c ...
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Toronto Eastern Railway
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See also
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Rail transport in Ontario
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History of rail transport in Canada
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The history of rail transport in Canada began in the early 19th century. The Canadian railway system saw several expansion "booms" throughout history, as well as a ma ...
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List of defunct Canadian railways
Most transportation historians date the history of Canada's railways as beginning on February 25, 1832, with the incorporation of British North America's first steam-powered railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad. This line opened for tr ...
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References
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Index to Railway Legislation(1867–1907)
Ontario
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Railways
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...