Grimsby station (Via Rail)

For the proposed GO Transit station, see Grimsby GO Station. For the railway station in Grimsby, United Kingdom, see Grimsby Town railway station.

Grimsby station is a railway station in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. It is served by the Maple Leaf train between Toronto and New York City.

Grimsby
General information
Location	99 Ontario Street Grimsby, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°11′45″N 79°33′28″W
Owned by	Via Rail
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Shelter
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: GMS Via Rail: GRIM
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	Late 1990s
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Aldershot toward Toronto Maple Leaf St. Catharines toward New York
Former services Preceding station Via Rail Following station Hamilton Closed 1993 toward Toronto Maple Leaf St. Catharines toward New York Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Winowa toward Toronto Niagara Falls – Toronto Local stops Grimsby Beach toward Suspension Bridge

The Maple Leaf is a joint Amtrak–Via Rail service: ticketing is shared, and trains consist of Amtrak equipment but are operated on the Toronto–Niagara Falls portion of the route by Via crews. The station was formerly served by additional Via trains operating as part of Corridor services, but these were discontinued in 2012.

The station is an accessible, unstaffed, but heated shelter beside the tracks replaced a small wooden shed. Parking is free.

History

Original station (1853)

The original Great Western Railway station, built in 1853, was moved further back from the tracks in the late 1800s,^[1] is unoccupied as of early 2021 and was most recently used by the Fork Road Pottery from 1997 until 2018.^[2][3] It had also been used previously as a fruit depot and meat packing depot.

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  Original GWR station in 1855
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  Original GWR station in December 2020

Other buildings

The second GWR station burned down in 1900 and was replaced by a third in 1902.^[4] That historic railway station building had two towers and was destroyed by an electrical fire in 1994. That building was concurrently in use as a restaurant between 1979 and 1994.^[5] The current Via Rail shelter was built in the 1990s.

See also

• Grimsby GO Station

References

1. "Ontario Railway Stations - Grimsby". canada-rail.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
2. "About Us". Forks Road Pottery. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2021. After selling the Forks Road Pottery location in Grimsby in 2018, [the owners] have relocated to Port Colborne
3. "About Us". Forks Road Pottery (archive). September 4, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved January 23, 2021. in 1997 moved operations to Grimsby's Great Western Railway Station in Grimsby
4. Smith, Jeffrey P. "Station: Grimsby". C.N.Rys. Ontario Stations. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
5. "Canadian National Railways Station, Grimsby, Ontario - RSR-218". Railway Station Report. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

External links

Media related to Grimsby railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Via Rail station page for Grimsby station (Via Rail)
• Grimsby Via Rail Station(Canada RailGuide—TrainWeb)