LIUNA Station
Former CNR station building
General information
Location360 James Street North
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°15′57″N 79°51′53″W / 43.2658°N 79.8646°W / 43.2658; -79.8646
Owned byLIUNA
History
Opened1931
Closed1993
Former services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Burlington
1989–1993
toward Toronto
 Maple Leaf Grimsby
toward New York
Burlington West
1981–1989
toward Toronto
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Dundas
toward Sarnia
 Grand Trunk Railway
Main Line		 Oakville
toward Montreal
Stoney Creek
toward Suspension Bridge
 Niagara Falls – Toronto
Local stops		 Aldershot
toward Toronto
Terminus Hamilton – Allandale Aldershot
toward Allandale
Dundas
toward Owen Sound
 Owen Sound – Hamilton Terminus
Rymal
toward St. Thomas
 St. Thomas – Hamilton
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Aldershot
towards Union Station
 Lakeshore West
1967–1996
 Terminus

LIUNA Station is a banquet and convention centre in central Hamilton, Ontario.[1] The building opened in 1931 as Hamilton C.N.R. Station and served as a passenger and freight railway station.

History

LIUNA Station, former CN Railway James Street Station, on the east side of James Street North at Murray Street, was built between 1929 and 1931 by the Canadian National Railway to a design by architect John Schofield.[2]

The property is one of the National Historic Sites of Canada and has been designated under the Federal Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act and under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by City of Hamilton By-law 95-115.[3] Portions of the building were protected by the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1999.[2]

In 1967, GO Transit took over CN's commuter service between Toronto and Hamilton, and in 1978 all other CN passenger service was transferred to Via Rail.[4]

In 1992, Via Rail closed their Burlington, Hamilton and Dundas stations and consolidated service at the new Aldershot GO Station.[4]

GO Transit closed the James Street station in 1993 and moved any remaining service to the Hamilton GO Centre,[4] only one and a half kilometres directly south on James Street.

The Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) bought and renovated the station, and in 2000, station was reopened as LIUNA Station, an events centre with catering facilities for weddings, dances, and other special events.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (untitled) Archived April 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Hamilton CNR Station". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "List of Designated Properties and Heritage Conservation Easements under the Ontario Heritage Act" (PDF). Hamilton's Heritage. City of Hamilton. August 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2012. (revised March 2007)
  4. 1 2 3 4 "CNR James Street Station/LIUNA Station". Hamilton Transit History. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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