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Site is behind the GoCo Gas Station.
GTR Station
GTR Station
Behind where the gas station currently sits, once stood the Ailsa Craig train station.
In 1858, the Grand Trunk Railway, running from Sarnia to Toronto and points beyond, was ready for business. David Craig had donated the land for the railway station to ensure that the railway went through Ailsa Craig, rather than neighbouring communities.
The arrival of the Grand Trunk Railway made way for the creation of a bustling business center in what was once uncharted wilderness.
CNR, who now operated the railway, cut passenger services in 1956, but the occasional freight train came through until 1984.
The station and station house were torn down in 1970, and the tracks were eventually torn up in 1989.
Learn more about the Grand Trunk Railway here.
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In 1876, the London Huron Bruce railway crossed the G.T.R. at the Lucan crossing, making it possible for passengers to travel to London and beyond from the Ailsa Craig Station.
The location of the train station also allowed for the growth of a large cattle shipping yard in the early 1900's, second only to Calgary in the number of beef cattle sold at that point.
By 1923, the government had merged the Grand Trunk, the Grand Trunk Pacific, and the National Transcontinental lines into the new Canadian National Railways.
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