Ernestown railway station

Ernestown railway station in Loyalist, Ontario, Canada is a Heritage Railway Station, also protected under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Ernestown
The station in 1980.
LocationCanada
Coordinates44°13′02″N 76°45′17″W
Construction
Structure typeHistoric railway station
History
Opened1855
Closedcirca 1973
Previous namesGrand Trunk Railway
Official nameFormer Grand Trunk Railway Station
Designated1992
Reference no.4551
Official nameErnestown Railway Station
DesignatedJanuary 11, 1999

History

The Ontario Heritage Act designation notes that the station is "one of only nine first-generation Grand Trunk Stations surviving of thirty-four stations built along the line in an Italianate style that had already become associated with railway buildings in Britain in the 1840s".[1]

References

  1. "BY-LAW NO. 99-1". The Corporation of Loyalist Township. 1999. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
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