The South Norfolk Railway was incorporated in 1886, to construct a railway from

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In 1887, the station was acquired by Grand Trunk Railway and was absorbed into their railway network. Simcoe was already connected to the railway system by other railways. The South Norfolk Railway had intermediate stations at Vittoria,

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and Forestville. The proximity of Walsh's railway station to Young's Creek brought extra economical advantages to

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s operating in the region. From a geographical perspective, Young's Creek originates about four kilometers northwest of the Walsh and passes through the village along with Vittoria before discharging into Lake Erie, away in Port Ryerse.''Young's Creek''
information at TravelingLuck.com, accessed 20 February 2012 The level of industrialization that the South Norfolk Railway brought to Norfolk County would be impossible to replicate today because of the emphasis of railway services on established urban links instead of trying to expand to rural areas that desperately need railway travel. A lawsuit was initiated in 1888 between the Port Rowan and Lake Shore Railway and the South Norfolk Railway. The railway was eventually run by

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, which closed the line in 1965. Workers from the CNR would eventually remove the railroad tracks; thus reverting it to private property status.

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{{Norfolk County, Ontario Defunct Ontario railways Grand Trunk Railway subsidiaries Canadian National Railway subsidiaries 1886 establishments in Ontario 1965 disestablishments in Ontario Rail transport in Norfolk County, Ontario History of Norfolk County, Ontario Canadian companies established in 1886 Standard gauge railways in Canada