Smiths Falls station

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Smiths Falls
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General information
Location46 Union Street, Smiths Falls, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 44°54′45″N76°01′26″W / 44.91250°N 76.02389°W / 44.91250; -76.02389
Owned by Via Rail
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeUnstaffed station
Parking22 spaces (surface lot)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Website Smiths Falls train station
History
Openedc. 2010
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Brockville
toward Toronto
Toronto–Ottawa Fallowfield
toward Ottawa
Smiths Falls station
Location
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Smiths Falls station
Location in Southern Ontario
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Smiths Falls station
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Smiths Falls station
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Smiths Falls railway station in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada is served by Via Rail Corridor trains running between Montreal and Ottawa. It is unstaffed, with outdoor parking, telephones and washrooms. [1] Accessible parking, automatic doors and wheelchair access is available to the platform. Wheelchair lift is available at this station.

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22 surface lot parking spaces are managed by Indigo Parking. A pay meter is located inside the station; hourly, daily and monthly rates are available. [2]

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Inside the station

History

CPR station

The original passenger station building was built by Canadian Pacific Railway in 1887. In 1999, the Smiths Falls Community Theatre began renovations on the station, installing the 140 seat Station Theatre into the old restaurant area. A small waiting area in the building was used by Via Rail until 2010 when the new Via Rail station opened. [3]

CNoR station

As Smiths Falls is a junction between multiple rail lines, it once had multiple active passenger stations. A 1913 Canadian Northern Ontario Railway station on a now-abandoned line (Canadian National embargoed their Smiths Falls Subdivision between Smiths Falls and Strathcona in 1979) is now a National Historic Site which houses the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario. [4]

New Via Rail station

On March 8, 2010, Via Rail announced plans to build and relocate to a new station located just north of downtown. The new station would have a distinctive tower. The new station would reduce scheduling conflicts between passenger and freight trains as the old station is located in the middle of a junction between two busy Canadian Pacific Railway lines and both the Via Rail's Smiths Falls and Brockville Subdivisions. [5] The new station consists of 400 square feet (37 m2) and was constructed with a budget of $750,000. [6]

Services

Smiths Falls station is served by trains on Via Rail's Toronto-Ottawa route, though some express trains pass through the station without stopping.

As of October 2023, the station is served by four to six trains per day toward Ottawa, and two to four trains per day toward Toronto. [7]

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References

  1. Smiths Falls train station
  2. "OT511 - VIA Rail Smiths Falls". Indigo Parking. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. Smiths Falls rail station gets 2nd act: New theatre a 10-year labour of love for community group, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Friday, May 14, 2010
  4. "Smiths Falls Railway Station". Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2020. The museum is housed in the Smiths Falls Canadian Northern (CNoR) / Canadian National Railways (CNR) railway station. RMEO station building, is a National Historic Site.
  5. Government of Canada and Via Rail announce new station for Smiths Falls Press Release
  6. "Via Rail building new Smiths Falls station, Ottawa Business Journal, March 15, 2010". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  7. "Timetables". Via Rail Canada. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

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