Ingersoll railway station

Ingersoll

Ingersoll Grand Trunk Railway Station in 1915
Location 1 Thames Street North,
Ingersoll, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°02′26″N 80°53′17″W / 43.04056°N 80.88806°W / 43.04056; -80.88806Coordinates: 43°02′26″N 80°53′17″W / 43.04056°N 80.88806°W / 43.04056; -80.88806
Owned by Via Rail
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Shelter
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1886
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
toward Windsor
Windsor–Toronto
toward Toronto

Ingersoll railway station in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada is a stop for some Via Rail trains operating between Toronto and Windsor. The station is wheelchair accessible, and the shelter has a pay-phone and washrooms. As of 2016, only 2 trains per direction are scheduled to stop at Ingersoll station.

History

The station was originally built in 1886 by the Great Western Railway which was purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway and merged into the Canadian National Railway in 1920.[1]

The historic building was closed in 1979 when VIA took over train operation and a utilitarian wooden frame structure, containing a waiting room and washroom facilities, was built just to the east.

Being one of Ingersoll's few remaining significant historic buildings it is in the municipal heritage inventory, but it has not been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.[2] The building is boarded up and has not been protected or restored.

It was referenced in Planning for Heritage Railway Stations: Inventory where it was described as follows: "The Ingersoll station was modelled after the Woodstock station and features a steeply pitched cross-gabled roof with overhang and large wooden brackets. The station is architecturally significant and is a very good example of the Gothic Revival style adapted for a smaller station. It was evaluated as Heritage Class B".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "railways". Ingersoll Historical Photo Gallery. Ingersoll Library. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Ingersoll CN railway station". Ontario Heritage Properties Database. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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