Windsor station (Ontario)

Windsor station is a train station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the western terminus of Via Rail's Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. It is located in the Walkerville neighbourhood adjacent to the Hiram Walker distillery, near the Detroit River. It is served by eight Via Rail train trips per day, of which 4 originate in Windsor and 4 return to Windsor from Toronto (3 each way on Sundays).

For the 1911–79 station in Pelletier Street, see Windsor station (Michigan Central Railroad).
Windsor station
Interior view of Windsor Station in Walkerville (2018)
Location298 Walker Road
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
N8Y 2M9
Coordinates42.3254°N 83.0092°W / 42.3254; -83.0092
Owned byVia Rail
Platforms1 side platform, 2 island platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1961
Rebuilt2012
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Terminus Windsor–Toronto Chatham
toward Toronto
Location
Windsor station
Location in Southern Ontario
Windsor station
Location in Ontario
Windsor station
Location in Canada

On November 8, 2010, Via Rail unveiled the design for a new station building to replace the previous structure, which was built in the early 1960s. The new building was completed in September 2012 at a cost of C$5.3 million.[1][2] The station was officially opened on November 16, 2012, with Stephen Fletcher from the Government of Canada and Yves Desjardins-Sciliano from VIA Rail present.[3]

History

The first station was built by the GTR in 1884 on the waterfront at north of Sandwich Street East (Riverside Drive East) at the foot of Goyeau Street[4] and was closed in 1961.[5] when service was relocated to this station in Walkerville. The site of the first station is now Riverfront Park and located near where Spirit of Windsor Canadian National # 5588 now sits.

Amtrak's Niagara Rainbow train crossed the river by way of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel but did not use this station. Instead, it used the Windsor Michigan Central Railroad Depot on the line leased from Canada Southern Railway. The station was built in 1911 near Tecumseh Road West and McKay Avenue and was destroyed by fire in 1996.[6]

References
  1. Battagello, Dave (11 September 2012). "New Windsor Via rail station opens its doors to rave reviews". The Windsor Star.
  2. "New Windsor VIA Rail Station officially opens". Railway Track & Structures. 19 November 2012.
  3. Windsor Station Gare (Plaque inside station). inside main doors of Windsor train station: VIA Rail. 2012.
  4. http://swoda.uwindsor.ca/node/2388
  5. "Rail Stations Through The Years". Lost Windsor, Old Photographs, Postcards, Windsor. International Metropolis. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  6. "Michigan Central Station – 1976". International Metropolis. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-10.


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