Winona - Winona. Opened 1891. The GBW operated over this section as one-third owner of the Winona Bridge Railway Company. One third was originally Chicago Great Western, another third was owned by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Status 2015 Abandoned. The bridge was closed to traffic in 1984. It was damaged by fire in 1989 and dismantled in 1990. Branch lines Casco Junction - Algoma - Sturgeon Bay, see Ahnapee and Western Railway. Iola (Iola Northern Railroad), opened 1893 from Scandinavia, operated by the GBW and purchased by them in 1914, abandoned October 1956. Note: The proposed extension to Prentice to connect with the Soo Line was never constructed. Waupaca (Waupaca Green Bay Railway), opened 1907 from Scandinavia, purchased by GBW in 1922, closed 1947 (passenger traffic ceased some years previously). The Waupaca Line was promoted by local business interests to provide competition to the Wisconsin Central. The Waupaca Depot was unusual in that it was the former Evangelical Lutheran church. Biron Branch, opened sometime between 1881 and 1896 from Wisconsin Rapids, open as of 2021. Although only long from Wisconsin Rapids, it proved valuable as connection to paper industries. Stevens Point (Stevens Point and Northern), opened January 1882 from Plover, purchased by GBW in May 1896, open as of 2021. La Crosse Branch (La Crosse to Onalaska), , opened 1876, abandoned 1922. Connected to main line via trackage rights over the C&NW from Marshland. Lake Michigan ferry connections The GBW prospered from 1892 when a train ferry was introduced across Lake Michigan from Kewaunee eliminating transhipment and bypassing the congested Chicago area. Ferries ran to Frankfort, Michigan, operated by the Ann Arbor Railroad and Ludington, Michigan, operated by the Chesapeake & Ohio. Frankfort services ended around 1980 and those to Ludington in 1990. See also Western Refrigerator Line Ahnapee and Western Railway Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad References Defunct Wisconsin railroads Former Class I railroads in the United States Predecessors of the Canadian National Railway Railway companies established in 1896 Railway companies disestablished in 1993 Transportation in Green Bay, Wisconsin Defunct Minnesota railroads 1896 establishments in Wisconsin 1993 disestablishments in Wisconsin