Bracebridge station explained

Bracebridge
Style:Ontario Northland Railway
Address:88 Hiram Street,
Bracebridge, ON,
Coordinates:45.0444°N -79.3109°W
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:No
Opened:2004
Closed:2012
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services2 Header:Future services[1]

Bracebridge station is a railway station located in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. The station was a stop for Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander passenger trains until Northlander service was discontinued on September 28, 2012. Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services maintains a stop at the nearby Riverside Inn for inter-city busses.[2]

The current passenger shelter was constructed in 2004 by the Town of Bracebridge using donations and community volunteers. It remained in use until 2012. By 2015 only the small waiting station and parking lot remained. A former CNR speeder maintenance car on static display by Muskoka Rails Museum has been removed and is now located in Gravenhurst.[3]

In 2021, the government of Ontario announced plans to restore the Northlander service, including a stop in Bracebridge, between Toronto and either Timmins or Cochrane by the mid 2020s.[4] A new permanent heated passenger shelter will be constructed on the site between 2024–2026 in preparation for ONR resuming Northlander passenger service in the mid-2020s.[5] The existing structure will be removed prior to constructing the new passenger shelter.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northlander Passenger Train . www.ontarionorthland.ca . . 6 June 2023.
  2. http://www.ontarionorthland.ca/sites/default/files/2014_web_mcs_schedule_100.pdf Ontario Northland, Schedule 100: Toronto - North Bay
  3. Web site: Photo of CN 186 02. flickrhivemind.net . December 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171230082819/http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic.cgi?id=6332990417&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflickrhivemind.net%2FTags%2Fmaintenanceofwayequipment%252Crailroad%2FInteresting%3Fsearch_type%3DTags%26textinput%3Dmaintenanceofwayequipment%252Crailroad%26photo_type%3D250%26method%3DGET%26noform%3Dt%26sort%3DInterestingness%23pic6332990417&user=&flickrurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/71639059@N00/6332990417.
  4. Web site: Passenger rail service in northeastern Ontario to return by mid-2020s CBC News.
  5. News: May 31, 2024. Work on Northlander train stop shelters starting this summer . July 3, 2024 . Timmins Today. Village Media.
  6. News: Northland building "state-of-the-art" train shelter in Bracebridge. Driscoll. Matt. South Muskoka Doppler. C3 Digital Media. January 12, 2024. July 7, 2024.