Swastika station explained

Swastika
Style:Ontario Northland Railway
Address:Corner Highway 66 & Cameron Street, Swastika, Ontario,
Country:Canada
Coordinates:48.1081°N -80.1044°W
Platform:1
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Opened:1908
Closed: (railway station demolished)
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services2 Header:Future services[1]
Other Services2 Collapsible:yes

Swastika station is a bus stop and former railway station located in the community of Swastika, Ontario, Canada. The railway station was established in 1908 along the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, now the Ontario Northland Railway line.[2] [3] The site of the former station continues to be served as a flag stop for intercity bus routes operated by Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services.

The stop will be renamed Kirkland Lake and a new heated passenger shelter will be constructed on the site between 2024–2026 in preparation for ONR resuming its Northlander passenger train service in the mid-2020s.[4] [5]

Former railway station

Swastika was a station stop for Ontario Northland's Northlander passenger trains. The station was a fairly large building with former entrances on street and platform level The indoor waiting room was once larger and featured a staffed ticket desk and washrooms, but by the end of the station's life it was un-staffed and only a small waiting room off the platform was used for passengers.

Following the cancellation of the Northlander service in 2012, Ontario Northland began demolition of the train station building on March 10, 2021; with demolition completed on May 15. As of June 2021, there is a historic locations plaque placed by Ontario Northland to commemorate this one-of-a-kind train station that once stood on the grass hill that is now in its location.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northlander Passenger Train . www.ontarionorthland.ca . . 6 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Swastika. OntarioAbandonedPlaces.com. 2010-08-08.
  3. News: March 16, 2021 . End of the line for the Swastika train station . July 3, 2024 . The Daily Press . . Timmins, ON.
  4. News: October 16, 2023. Sherratt. Brad . Kirkland Lakers provide feedback on return of Northlander . July 3, 2024 . Sudbury Star . Postmedia Network.
  5. News: May 31, 2024. Work on Northlander train stop shelters starting this summer . July 3, 2024 . Timmins Today. Village Media.