Dundas station was a passenger station in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. It was located halfway up the Niagara Escarpment west of downtown Dundas,[2] near where Hamilton Regional Road 8 (formerly Ontario Highway 8) crosses under the railway tracks.

Dundas
General information
Location	Dundas, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°16′22″N 79°58′28″W
Tracks	2
Connections	Canada Coach Lines[1]
Other information
Status	Building demolished
History
Opened	1864
Closed	1990
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Brantford toward Chicago International 1982–1990 Burlington West toward Toronto Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Copetown toward Sarnia Grand Trunk Railway Main Line Bayview toward Montreal

History

The Great Western Railway (GWR) put their line through Dundas in 1853, but it wasn't until 1864 that the first station was built.[3] They algamated with the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) in 1882,[4] who constructed a new station building in 1904 and double tracked the line.[3] The GTR was absorbed by the Canadian National Railway (CNR) in 1923. Via Rail continued to provide passenger train service to the station from 1977 until the mid 1980s. A fire seriously damaged the station in 1984 and it was decided to move the historic structure to a more suitable site. The building collapsed while it was being dismantled and it could not be saved.[3] The VIA/Amtrak International continued to stop until it was rerouted in 1990. A restricted fire access route from Highway 8 is the only reminder of a railway station in the area.

References

External links

Media related to Dundas, Ontario railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Jeffrey P. Smith. "C.N.Rys. Dundas". C.N.Rys. Ontario Stations. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
• Dundas' Grand Trunk Station
• Dundas Train Crash, Christmas 1934