Hornepayne | |||||||||||
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Location | Hornepayne, ON Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°13′08″N84°46′31″W / 49.2188°N 84.7753°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Via Rail | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Sign post | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1913 | ||||||||||
Closed | building demolished October 2020 [1] | ||||||||||
Previous names | Canadian Northern Railway Canadian National Railway | ||||||||||
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Hornepayne railway station is located in the township of Hornepayne, Ontario, Canada. This station is served by Via Rail's transcontinental train The Canadian .
The station was established in 1913 by the Canadian Northern Railway as a divisional point and headquarters for the Superior Division, under the name Fitzbach railway station; its name was changed to Hornepayne around 1920. [2] Until the arrival of the highway in the 1980s, the town was dependent on the railway for transportation of supplies into the community. [2] It was demolished in 2020 by its owner CN, citing safety concerns. [3]
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