South Parkdale railway station

South Parkdale

Location	Springhurst Ave/Jameson Ave Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°38′01″N 79°26′01″W / 43.63361°N 79.43361°W / 43.63361; -79.43361Coordinates: 43°38′01″N 79°26′01″W / 43.63361°N 79.43361°W / 43.63361; -79.43361
Other information
Status	Demolished in 1911
History
Opened	1879
Closed	1910

The South Parkdale railway station was a passenger rail station on the Grand Trunk Railway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was located at Jameson Avenue and Springhurst Avenue in the former village of Parkdale. It was demolished in 1911 as part of a grade separation engineering project.

History

The Grand Trunk Railway had built rail lines along the Toronto waterfront in 1850. A South Parkdale station was built in the 1870s to serve the growing Parkdale area of the then York Township, opening in 1879.^[1] It was named "South Parkdale" to distinguish it from the existing Parkdale railway station, which was renamed "North Parkdale." South Parkdale was demolished in 1911 as part of a grade separation project. A temporary station was constructed west of Jameson Avenue to serve during the project. In 1912, this second station was closed, and the passenger rail services were moved to the Sunnyside station further west at Roncesvalles Avenue.

The grade separation project eliminated a rise to the South Parkdale area by making a cut from east of Dufferin Avenue west to west of Dowling Avenue. The rail lines to the west of the area were elevated from the previous waterfront level to make an even elevation from the Humber River east to Sunnyside, providing subways at several points to provide access to the waterfront from the north.

Jameson Avenue, 1899, looking south across G.T.R tracks.
Jameson Avenue, 1899, looking north across G.T.R tracks.
Looking east from Jameson Avenue, 1910 to South Parkdale station.
G.T.R. rail lines, 1910, prior to grade separation, looking west from Dowling Avenue.

Grade separation

After the temporary station was opened, the South Parkdale station was closed and temporary tracks laid to detour around the digging to proceed at the location of the existing tracks.

Temporary bridge for Jameson Avenue during grade separation project.
View of grade separation to south of Station.

References

↑ "GTR South Parkdale". Trainweb.org. Retrieved February 23, 2016.

External links

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