Leaside station (Canadian Pacific Railway)

This article is about the 1894 railway station. For the TTC station on Line 5 Eglinton, see Leaside station.
Leaside
Original CPR station in 1899
General information
Location50 Village Station Road,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°42′16″N 79°21′22″W / 43.70444°N 79.35611°W / 43.70444; -79.35611
Owned byMetrolinx
History
Opened1894
Closed1982
Rebuilt1946
Former services
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Don
toward Detroit
 Detroit – Montreal Agincourt
toward Montreal Windsor
North Toronto
toward Detroit
1946 station built in the International Style

Leaside station is a former railway station in Toronto that served Leaside and Thorncliffe Park. The Canadian Pacific Railway built the station in 1894 to serve the new community of Leaside, on a railway line leased from the Ontario and Quebec Railway.[1]

That wooden frame structure burned down in the 1940s and was replaced by a more contemporary building in 1946. Passenger service ended in 1982,[2] a few years before Via Rail’s Toronto to Havelock route was discontinued.

Metrolinx began demolition of the former station in June 2022 as part of its early works for the construction of the Ontario Line maintenance and storage facility (MSF) in Thorncliffe Park.[3]

  1. ^ An Act to confirm the lease of the Ontario and Quebec Railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and for other purposes, S.C. 1884, c. 54, confirming the "Indenture of lease: The Ontario & Quebec Railway Company to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company". January 1884.
  2. ^ Hatherly, Tara (17 April 2013). "LEASIDE 100: Railways helped to build community". East York Mirror. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Demolition at 50 Village Station Road to get ready for MSF early works" (PDF). Metrolinx. May 8, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.