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Riverdale station (Toronto)

Riverdale
General information
LocationDe Grassi Street, Riverdale,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°39′39″N 79°20′46″W / 43.66083°N 79.34611°W / 43.66083; -79.34611
Owned byGrand Trunk Railway
CNR
Operated byGrand Trunk Railway
CNR
Line(s)CN Kingston Subdivision
Distance1.7 miles (2.7 km) to Toronto Union Station[1]
Other information
StatusDemolished in 1974[2] and re-purpose as "Bruce Mackey Park" a city parkette
History
Opened1896
Closed1932

Riverdale Railway Station was located on De Grassi Street just north of Queen Street East[3] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Constructed by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) in 1896 as "Queen East Station", on what is now the Lakeshore East line, the station was renamed "Riverdale Station" in 1907.[2] The Canadian National Railway (CNR) took over the station in 1923, when they absorbed the Grand Trunk Railway.[4] CNR discontinued passenger train service at the station in 1932, later for commercial use and demolished the building in 1974.[5]

  1. ^ "Grand Trunk Railway - Main Line". Mileages. NiagaraRails. Retrieved February 2, 2015. 332.3 Toronto, Riverdale station; 334.0 Toronto, Union station
  2. ^ a b "Riverdale Railway Station". Toronto's Historical Plaques. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  3. ^ Chris Bateman (June 6, 2014). "5 Toronto railway stations we wish we still had: Riverdale". blogTO. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "The Start of Riverdale". riverdaler. 2014-03-21. Retrieved February 2, 2015. These railway tracks are now part of CN Rail after the Grand Trunk Railway ran into financial problems and was nationalized.
  5. ^ https://www.trha.ca/trha/history/stations/riverdale-station/

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