List of Ontario railways

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The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Light Rail Transit

Defunct railways

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Algoma Central Railway 18991901 Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway
Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway AC19011965 Algoma Central Railway
Algoma Eastern Railway AER CP 19111958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Amherstburg, Lake Shore and Blenheim Railway C&O 18891890 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway
Bay of Quinte Railway BQ CNor 18971954 Canadian Northern Consolidated Railways
Bay of Quinte Railway and Navigation Company CNor 18811897 Bay of Quinte Railway
Belleville and North Hastings Railway GT 18741881 Grand Junction Railway Purchased by the Grand Junction Railway shortly after completion, became a spur shortly after.
Bessemer and Barry's Bay Railway CNor 1904Wholly owned branch of the Central Ontario Railway, ultimately part of CNoR and CN.
Brantford and Buffalo Joint Stock Railroad GT 18511852 Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railway
Brantford and Harrisburg Railway GWR 1871A short line connecting Brantford with the Great Western junction at Harrisburg. Folded into the Great Western system, then inherited by the Grand Trunk. The line has been abandoned. [1]
Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell Railway GT 18741893 Grand Trunk Railway
Brantford, Waterloo and Lake Erie Railway CP/ NYC 18851892 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
Brockville and Ottawa Railway CP 18531878 Canada Central Railway
Brockville and Westport Railway CNor 18711884 Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway CNor 19031914 Canadian Northern Railway
Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway CNor 18841903 Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway
Bruce Mines and Algoma Railway 18991913 Lake Huron and Northern Ontario Railway
Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railway GT 18521856 Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway
Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway GT 18561958 Canadian National Railway
Bytown and Prescott Railway CP 18501855 Ottawa and Prescott Railway
Campbellford, Lake Ontario and Western Railway CP 19041956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada Atlantic Railway GT 18791914 Grand Trunk Railway Part of J.R. Booth's railway network, also including the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. Was, for a time, the busiest railway in Canada, carrying 40% of the grain trade.
Canada Central Railway CP 18611881 Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Company NYC 18951905 Detroit River Tunnel Company
Canada and Michigan Tunnel Company NYC 18881895 Canada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Company
Canada Southern Railway CASO NYC 1869Still exists as a subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Government Railways CGRCGR19151993 Canadian National Railway
Canadian Northern Railway CN CNor 19001956 Canadian National Railway
Canadian Northern Consolidated Railways CNor 19541956 Canadian National Railway
Canadian Northern Ontario Railway CNO CNor 19061956 Canadian National Railway
Canadian Northern Quebec Railway CNQ CNor 1906Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
Central Counties Railway GT 1889
Central Ontario Railway COR CNor 18821954 Canadian Northern Consolidated Railways Mainline runs from Picton to Trenton, then turns north through Hastings County to Bancroft and beyond.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, COC&O19471987 CSX Transportation
Cleveland, Port Stanley and London Transportation and Railway Company 18931894 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway
Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Railway and Mining Company GT 18871893 Grand Trunk Railway
Cobourg and Peterborough Railway GT 18521866 Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining Company
Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining Company GT 18661887 Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Railway and Mining Company, Peterborough and Chemong Lake Railway
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR19761999 CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
Credit Valley Railway CP 1871
Detroit River Tunnel Company NYC 1905Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Dresden and Oil Springs Railway NYC 18731876 Sarnia, Chatham and Erie Railway
Erie and Huron Railway C&O 18731899 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway
Erie and Niagara Railway NYC 18631893 Canada Southern Railway
Erie and Niagara Extension Railway NYC 18681869 Canada Southern Railway
Erie and Ontario Railway CP/ NYC 19141915 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
Erie and Ontario Railway NYC 18351863 Erie and Niagara Railway
Fenelon Falls Railway GT 18711872 Lindsay, Fenelon Falls and Ottawa River Railway
Fort Erie Railway NYC 18571863 Erie and Niagara Railway
Fort William Terminal Railway and Bridge Company CP 19061956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Galt and Guelph Railway GT 18521893 Grand Trunk Railway
Gananoque, Perth and James Bay Railway GT 18841888 Thousand Islands Railway
Gananoque and Rideau Railway GT 18711884 Thousand Islands Railway
Georgian Bay and Seaboard Railway CP 19051956 Canadian Pacific Railway Wholly owned CPR subsidiary built to avoid shipping grain through the Toronto area, used only briefly until being broken into parts.
Georgian Bay and Wellington Railway GT 18781881 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway
Grand Junction Railway GT 18521882 Midland Railway of Canada
Grand River Railway GRNR CP 1914Electric until 1961; still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Railway GTGT18521923 Canadian National Railway
Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway GT 18811893 Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway GTP19031956 Canadian National Railway
Great Northern Railway of Canada CNor 18921906 Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Great Western Railway GT 18451882 Grand Trunk Railway
Guelph and Goderich Railway CP 19041956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Guelph Junction Railway CP 1884Still exists as a lessor of the Ontario Southland Railway
Hamilton and Lake Erie Railway GT 18691876 Hamilton and North-Western Railway
Hamilton and North-Western Railway GT 18721888 Grand Trunk Railway
Hamilton and Port Dover Railway GT 18531873 Hamilton and Lake Erie Railway
Hamilton and Toronto Railway GT 18521855 Great Western Railway
Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway 19001960N/A
Huron and Quebec Railway GT 18741877 Toronto and Ottawa Railway
International Bridge Company GT 18571956 Canadian National Railway
International Bridge and Terminal Company IBT1905Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway
Interprovincial and James Bay Railway CP 19011956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway CNor 18841943 Canadian National Railway
James Bay Railway CNor 18951906 Canadian Northern Ontario Railway
Kingston, Napanee and Western Railway CNor 18901897 Bay of Quinte Railway
Kingston and Pembroke Railway CP 1871Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway C&O 1890Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation
Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway C&O 18851891 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway
Lake Erie and Northern Railway LEN CP 1911Electric until 1961; still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Huron and Northern Ontario Railway 19131921N/A
Lake Simcoe Junction Railway GT 18731893 Grand Trunk Railway
Lake Temiscamingue Colonization Railway CP 1886
Leamington, Comber and Lake St. Clair Railway NYC 18771879 Leamington and St. Clair Railway
Leamington and St. Clair Railway NYC 18791904 Canada Southern Railway
Lindsay, Bobcaygeon and Pontypool Railway CP 18901958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Lindsay, Fenelon Falls and Ottawa River Railway GT 18721873 Victoria Railway
London and Gore Railroad GT 18341845 Great Western Railway
London, Huron and Bruce Railway GT 18711893 Grand Trunk Railway
London and Port Stanley Railway LPS18531965 Canadian National Railway Electric from 1915 to 1957
Manitoulin and North Shore Railway CP 18881911 Algoma Eastern Railway
Marmora Railway and Mining Company CNor 1900Wholly owned branch of the Central Ontario Railway, ultimately part of CNoR and CN.
Michigan Central Railroad NYC 18831930 New York Central Railroad
Midland Railway of Canada GT 18691893 Grand Trunk Railway
Midland Simcoe Railway CP 19121956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Midland Terminal Railway CP 19031912 Midland Simcoe Railway
Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway GT 18711879 Canada Atlantic Railway
Montreal and Ottawa Railway CP 18901958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Napanee, Tamworth and Quebec Railway CNor 18791890 Kingston, Napanee and Western Railway
National Transcontinental Railway CGR 19031993 Canadian National Railway
New York Central Railroad NYCNYC19161968 Penn Central Transportation Company
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company GT 1846
Niagara Peninsula Bridge Company NYC 18821883 Niagara River Bridge Company
Niagara River Bridge Company NYC 18832002N/AStill exists as an abandoned subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway NS&T CNor 18991958 Canadian National Railway Electric until 1960
Norfolk Railway GT 18691874 Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW19641998 Norfolk Southern Railway
North Grey Railway GT 18711871 Northern Extension Railways
North Simcoe Railway GT 18741893 Grand Trunk Railway
Northern Railway of Canada GT 18581888 Grand Trunk Railway
Northern Extension Railways GT 18711875 Northern Railway of Canada
Northern, North-Western and Sault Ste. Marie Railway GT 18811883 Northern and Pacific Junction Railway
Northern and Pacific Junction Railway GT 18831892 Grand Trunk Railway
Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway 1886N/A
Ontario, Belmont and Northern Railway CNor 18911900 Marmora Railway and Mining Company Wholly owned branch of the Central Ontario Railway, renamed shortly after construction.
Ontario L'Orignal Railway OLO19962000 Ottawa Central Railway
Ontario and Ottawa Railway CNor 19101914 Canadian Northern Railway
Ontario Pacific Railway NYC 18821897 Ottawa and New York Railway
Ontario and Quebec Railway CP 18711998 St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway
Ontario and Rainy River Railway CNor 18861900 Canadian Northern Railway
Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway GT 18511858 Northern Railway of Canada
Oshawa Railway GT 18911958 Canadian National Railway Electric until 1964
Oshawa Railway and Navigation Company GT 18871891 Oshawa Railway
Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway GT 18911899 Canada Atlantic Railway The western half of J.R. Booth's Canada Atlantic Railway, formerly merged into the CAR in 1899.
Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway GT 18881891 Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway
Ottawa and Gatineau Railway CP 18941901 Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway
Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Railway CP 18871894 Ottawa and Gatineau Railway
Ottawa Interprovincial Bridge Company CP 1898
Ottawa and New York Railway NYC 18971957N/A
Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway CP 19011958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway GT 18881891 Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway
Ottawa and Prescott Railway CP 18551867 St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway
Ottawa Terminals Railway GT 1907
Parry Sound Colonization Railway GT 18851896 Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway
Pembroke Southern Railway GT 18931956 Canadian National Railway
Penn Central Transportation Company PC19681976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pere Marquette Railroad C&O 19041917 Pere Marquette Railway
Pere Marquette Railway PM C&O 19171947 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Peterborough and Chemong Lake Railway GT 18881893 Grand Trunk Railway Wholly owned subsidiary of the Cobourg and Peterborough, became separate when the rest of the line was sold to the Marmora interests.
Peterborough and Chemong Lake Railway GT 18551868 Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining Company
Peterborough and Port Hope Railway GT 18461854 Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway
Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway CP 18801903 Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway
Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway CNor 18871900 Canadian Northern Railway
Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway GT 18531857 Welland Railway
Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway GT 18721881 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway
Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway GT 18541869 Midland Railway of Canada
Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway GT 18681874 Whitby and Port Perry Extension Railway
Prescott County Railway GT 18871889 Central Counties Railway
Prince Edward County Railway CNor 18731882 Central Ontario Railway
St. Clair Frontier Tunnel Company GT 18841886 St. Clair Tunnel Company
St. Clair Tunnel Company GT 18862008 Grand Trunk Western Railroad
St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway STLH CP 19962001 Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway CP 1867Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Mary's and Western Ontario Railway CP 19051958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Sarnia, Chatham and Erie Railway NYC 18761904 Canada Southern Railway
South Norfolk Railway GT 18871889 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway
South Ontario Pacific Railway CP 18871956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Stratford and Huron Railway GT 18551881 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway
Superior and Western Ontario Railway 1909N/A
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway TEM19021946 Ontario Northland Railway
Thousand Islands Railway GT 18841958 Canadian National Railway
Thunder Bay Colonization Railway CNor 18831887 Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway
Tilsonburg, Lake Erie and Pacific Railway CP 18901958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Toronto Belt Line Railway GT 18891943 Canadian National Railway
Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway CP 18681998 St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway
Toronto and Guelph Railway GT 18511853 Grand Trunk Railway
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway TH&B, THB CP/ NYC 1884Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Toronto and Nipissing Railway GT 18681882 Midland Railway of Canada
Toronto and Nipissing Eastern Extension Railway CNor 18801884 Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway
Toronto and Ottawa Railway GT 18771882 Midland Railway of Canada
Toronto, Simcoe and Lake Huron Railway GT 18491851 Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway
Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway GT 18691871 Northern Extension Railways
Toronto Terminals Railway CP/ GT 1906Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway
Trans-Ontario Railway TOR19961997 Ottawa Valley Railway
Vaudreuil and Prescott Railway CP 18841890 Montreal and Ottawa Railway
Victoria Railway GT 18731882 Midland Railway of Canada
Wabash Railroad WAB 18981915 Wabash Railway
Wabash Railroad WABWAB19421964 Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash Railway WAB 19151942 Wabash Railroad
Walkerton and Lucknow Railway CP 19041956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Waterloo Junction Railway GT 18891893 Grand Trunk Railway
Welland Railway GT 18571884 [2] Grand Trunk Railway Line leased to Great Western in 1878 and GT in 1882 and sold 1884.
Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway GT 18641893 Grand Trunk Railway
West Ontario Pacific Railway CP 1885Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Whitby and Port Perry Extension Railway GT 18741877 Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Railway
Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Railway GT 18771882 Midland Railway of Canada

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Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Never completed

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ This is one or more of the major systems that the railroad became part of, if any.

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References

  1. ↑ Brouwer, Joachim (July–August 2018). "Harrisburg: A History of Canada's First Railway Junction and Branch Line Railway". Branchline. p. 6.
  2. ↑ https://railwaypages.com/files/305332/26-the-welland-railway-rob-hughes.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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