Bracebridge | |||||||||||
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| Location | 88 Hiram Street, Bracebridge, ON, Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°02′39.73″N79°18′39.23″W / 45.0443694°N 79.3108972°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Ontario Northland Railway | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2004 [1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Bracebridge station is a railway station located in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. The station was a stop for Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander passenger trains until Northlander service was discontinued on September 28, 2012. Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services maintains a stop at the nearby Riverside Inn for inter-city busses. [3]
The current passenger shelter was constructed in 2004 by the Town of Bracebridge using donations and community volunteers. [1] It remained in use until 2012. By 2015 only the small waiting station and parking lot remained. A former CNR speeder maintenance car on static display by Muskoka Rails Museum has been removed and is now located in Gravenhurst. [4]
In 2021, the government of Ontario announced plans to restore the Northlander service, including a stop in Bracebridge, between Toronto and either Timmins or Cochrane by the mid 2020s. [5] A new permanent heated passenger shelter will be constructed on the site between 2024–2026 in preparation for ONR resuming Northlander passenger service in the mid-2020s. [6] The existing structure will be removed prior to constructing the new passenger shelter. [1]
