Ingersoll
Ingersoll Grand Trunk Railway Station in 1915
General information
Location1 Thames Street North,
Ingersoll, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°02′26″N 80°53′17″W / 43.04056°N 80.88806°W / 43.04056; -80.88806
Owned byVia Rail
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeShelter
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1886
Key dates
DemolitionThe original station was demolished on December 7, 2020 (2020-12-07).[1]
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
London
toward Windsor
 Windsor–Toronto Woodstock
toward Toronto
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
London
toward Chicago
 International
1982–1990
 Woodstock
toward Toronto
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Dorchester
toward Sarnia
 Grand Trunk Railway
Main Line		 Beachville
toward Montreal

Ingersoll station is a train station in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada serving Via Rail. It is a stop for some trains operating between Toronto and Windsor; as of 2023, three trains stop per day at Ingersoll. The station is wheelchair accessible, and the shelter has a pay-phone and washrooms.[2]

History

The station was originally built in 1886 by the Great Western Railway which was purchased in 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway and merged into the Canadian National Railway in 1920.[3]

The historic building was closed in 1979 when VIA took over train operation and a utilitarian wooden frame structure, containing a waiting room and washroom facilities, was built just to the east.

The Ingersoll station at dusk in December 2016

Being one of Ingersoll's few remaining significant historic buildings, it was in the municipal heritage inventory, but it was not designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.[4] The building was boarded up and not been protected or restored. It was demolished at the bequest of Town of Ingersoll officials after many decades of neglect and decay.

It was referenced in Planning for Heritage Railway Stations: Inventory where it was described as follows: "The Ingersoll station was modelled after the Woodstock station and features a steeply pitched cross-gabled roof with overhang and large wooden brackets. The station is architecturally significant and is a very good example of the Gothic Revival style adapted for a smaller station. It was evaluated as Heritage Class B".[4]

The original station was demolished on December 7, 2020, since it posed as a "safety hazard to the community".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 https://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/news/old-ingersoll-cn-railway-building-demolished-monday/wcm/2bad873f-7d50-4d82-ad67-b8f25710d5b1/amp/
  2. ↑ https://www.viarail.ca/en/plan
  3. ↑ "railways". Ingersoll Historical Photo Gallery. Ingersoll Library. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Ingersoll CN railway station". Ontario Heritage Properties Database. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
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