New Liskeard station

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New Liskeard
Ontario Northland (inter-city rail)
General information
LocationJaffray Street, New Liskeard, ON, Canada
Coordinates 47°30′45″N79°41′6.76″W / 47.51250°N 79.6852111°W / 47.51250; -79.6852111
Owned by Ontario Northland Railway
Line(s) Temagami Subdivision
Tracks2
History
Closed2012 (rail)
March 4, 2016 (bus) [1]
RebuiltMid-2020s (planned, as Temiskaming Shores)
Former services
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station
Englehart
toward Cochrane
Northlander Cobalt
toward Toronto
Future services (at Temiskaming Shores) [2]
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station
Englehart
toward Timmins
Northlander
(reopening mid-2020s)
Temagami
toward Toronto

New Liskeard station is a former railway and bus station in the community of New Liskeard, part of the city of Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north end of Jaffray Street, across from the west entrance of Spruce Avenue.

It was a station stop for Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander passenger train until service was discontinued in 2012. It was then used as a bus station for Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services until its full closure on March 4, 2016. [1]

The original station structure was demolished in 2023. [3]

The stop will be renamed Temiskaming Shores and a new heated passenger shelter will be constructed on the site between 2024–2026 in preparation for ONR resuming its Northlander passenger train service in the mid-2020s. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Liskeard Bus Station Closure | Ontario Northland". www.ontarionorthland.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20.
  2. "Northlander Passenger Train". www.ontarionorthland.ca. Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. 6 June 2023.
  3. https://speaker.northernontario.ca/new-liskeard-train-station-demolished/
  4. "Work on Northlander train stop shelters starting this summer". Timmins Today. Village Media. May 31, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.