List of Ontario railways
Introduction The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Common freight carriers *Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY)*Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Algoma Central Railway (AC), Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), and Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and lessor Arnprior–Nepean Railway*Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)*CSX Transportation (CSXT)*Essex Terminal Railway (ETL)*Goderich–Exeter Railway (GEXR)*Huron Central Railway (HCRY)*Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW)*Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)*Ontario Northland Railway (ONT) including subsidiary Nipissing Central Railway*Ontario Southland Railway (OS)*Ottawa Valley Railway (RLK)*Southern Ontario Railway (RLHH)*Trillium Railway (TRRY) through subsidiaries Port Colborne Harbour Railway and St. Thomas and Eastern Railway
Passenger carriers *Amtrak (AMTK)*Capital Railway*Falls Incline Railway*Port Stanley Terminal Rail*South Simcoe Railway*Via Rail (Via)*Waterloo Central Railway*York–Durham Heritage Railway*Algoma Central Railway (CN)*Polar Bear Express (ONTC)
Light Rail Transit * Ion rapid transit* OC Transpo* Toronto Transit Commission
Defunct railways NameMarkSystemFromToSuccessorNotesAlgoma Central Railway18991901Algoma Central and Hudson Bay RailwayAlgoma Central and Hudson Bay RailwayAC19011965Algoma Central RailwayAlgoma Eastern RailwayAERCP19111958Canadian Pacific RailwayAmherstburg, Lake Shore and Blenheim RailwayC&O18891890Lake Erie and Detroit River RailwayBay of Quinte RailwayBQCNor18971954Canadian Northern Consolidated RailwaysBay of Quinte Railway and Navigation CompanyCNor18811897Bay of Quinte RailwayBelleville and North Hastings RailwayGT18741881Grand Junction Railway Purchased by the Grand Junction Railway shortly after completion, became a spur shortly after.Bessemer and Barry's Bay RailwayCNor1904Wholly owned branch of the Central Ontario Railway, ultimately part of CNoR and CN.Brantford and Buffalo Joint Stock RailroadGT18511852Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich RailwayBrantford and Harrisburg RailwayGWR1871A short line connecting Brantford with the Great Western junction at Harrisburg. Folded into the Great Western system, then inherited by the Grand Trunk. The line has been abandoned.Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell RailwayGT18741893Grand Trunk RailwayBrantford, Waterloo and Lake Erie RailwayCP/ NYC18851892Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo RailwayBrockville and Ottawa RailwayCP18531878Canada Central RailwayBrockville and Westport RailwayCNor18711884Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie RailwayBrockville, Westport and North-Western RailwayCNor19031914Canadian Northern RailwayBrockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie RailwayCNor18841903Brockville, Westport and North-Western RailwayBruce Mines and Algoma Railway18991913Lake Huron and Northern Ontario RailwayBuffalo, Brantford and Goderich RailwayGT18521856Buffalo and Lake Huron RailwayBuffalo and Lake Huron RailwayGT18561958Canadian National RailwayBytown and Prescott RailwayCP18501855Ottawa and Prescott RailwayCampbellford, Lake Ontario and Western RailwayCP19041956Canadian Pacific RailwayCanada Atlantic RailwayGT18791914Grand Trunk RailwayPart of J.R. Booth's railway network, also including the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway. Was, for a time, the busiest railway in Canada, carrying 40% of the grain trade.Canada Central RailwayCP18611881Canadian Pacific RailwayCanada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel CompanyNYC18951905Detroit River Tunnel CompanyCanada and Michigan Tunnel CompanyNYC18881895Canada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel CompanyCanada Southern RailwayCASONYC1869Still exists as a subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific RailwayCanadian Government RailwaysCGRCGR19151993Canadian National RailwayCanadian Northern RailwayCNCNor19001956Canadian National RailwayCanadian Northern Consolidated RailwaysCNor19541956Canadian National RailwayCanadian Northern Ontario RailwayCNOCNor19061956Canadian National RailwayCanadian Northern Quebec RailwayCNQCNor1906Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National RailwayCentral Counties RailwayGT1889Central Ontario RailwayCORCNor18821954Canadian Northern Consolidated RailwaysMainline runs from Picton to Trenton, then turns north through Hastings County to Bancroft and beyond.Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayC&O, COC&O19471987CSX TransportationCleveland, Port Stanley and London Transportation and Railway Company18931894Lake Erie and Detroit River RailwayCobourg, Blairton and Marmora Railway and Mining CompanyGT18871893Grand Trunk RailwayCobourg and Peterborough RailwayGT18521866Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining CompanyCobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining CompanyGT18661887Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Railway and Mining Company, Peterborough and Chemong Lake RailwayConsolidated Rail CorporationCR19761999CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern RailwayCredit Valley RailwayCP1871Detroit River Tunnel CompanyNYC1905Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayDresden and Oil Springs RailwayNYC18731876Sarnia, Chatham and Erie RailwayErie and Huron RailwayC&O18731899Lake Erie and Detroit River RailwayErie and Niagara RailwayNYC18631893Canada Southern RailwayErie and Niagara Extension RailwayNYC18681869Canada Southern RailwayErie and Ontario RailwayCP/ NYC19141915Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo RailwayErie and Ontario RailwayNYC18351863Erie and Niagara RailwayFenelon Falls RailwayGT18711872Lindsay, Fenelon Falls and Ottawa River RailwayFort Erie RailwayNYC18571863Erie and Niagara RailwayFort William Terminal Railway and Bridge CompanyCP19061956Canadian Pacific RailwayGalt and Guelph RailwayGT18521893Grand Trunk RailwayGananoque, Perth and James Bay RailwayGT18841888Thousand Islands RailwayGananoque and Rideau RailwayGT18711884Thousand Islands RailwayGeorgian Bay and Seaboard RailwayCP19051956Canadian Pacific RailwayWholly owned CPR subsidiary built to avoid shipping grain through the Toronto area, used only briefly until being broken into parts.Georgian Bay and Wellington RailwayGT18781881Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie RailwayGrand Junction RailwayGT18521882Midland Railway of CanadaGrand River RailwayGRNRCP1914Electric until 1961; still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayGTGT18521923Canadian National RailwayGrand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie RailwayGT18811893Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk Pacific RailwayGTP19031956Canadian National RailwayGreat Northern Railway of CanadaCNor18921906Canadian Northern Quebec RailwayGreat Western RailwayGT18451882Grand Trunk RailwayGuelph and Goderich RailwayCP19041956Canadian Pacific RailwayGuelph Junction RailwayCP1884Still exists as a lessor of the Ontario Southland RailwayHamilton and Lake Erie RailwayGT18691876Hamilton and North-Western RailwayHamilton and North-Western RailwayGT18721888Grand Trunk RailwayHamilton and Port Dover RailwayGT18531873Hamilton and Lake Erie RailwayHamilton and Toronto RailwayGT18521855Great Western RailwayHuntsville and Lake of Bays Railway19001960N/AHuron and Quebec RailwayGT18741877Toronto and Ottawa RailwayInternational Bridge CompanyGT18571956Canadian National RailwayInternational Bridge and Terminal CompanyIBT1905Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Minnesota, Dakota and Western RailwayInterprovincial and James Bay RailwayCP19011956Canadian Pacific RailwayIrondale, Bancroft and Ottawa RailwayCNor18841943Canadian National RailwayJames Bay RailwayCNor18951906Canadian Northern Ontario RailwayKingston, Napanee and Western RailwayCNor18901897Bay of Quinte RailwayKingston and Pembroke RailwayCP1871Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayLake Erie and Detroit River RailwayC&O1890Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX TransportationLake Erie, Essex and Detroit River RailwayC&O18851891Lake Erie and Detroit River RailwayLake Erie and Northern RailwayLENCP1911Electric until 1961; still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayLake Huron and Northern Ontario Railway19131921N/ALake Simcoe Junction RailwayGT18731893Grand Trunk RailwayLake Temiscamingue Colonization RailwayCP1886Leamington, Comber and Lake St. Clair RailwayNYC18771879Leamington and St. Clair RailwayLeamington and St. Clair RailwayNYC18791904Canada Southern RailwayLindsay, Bobcaygeon and Pontypool RailwayCP18901958Canadian Pacific RailwayLindsay, Fenelon Falls and Ottawa River RailwayGT18721873Victoria RailwayLondon and Gore RailroadGT18341845Great Western RailwayLondon, Huron and Bruce RailwayGT18711893Grand Trunk RailwayLondon and Port Stanley RailwayLPS18531965Canadian National RailwayElectric from 1915 to 1957Manitoulin and North Shore RailwayCP18881911Algoma Eastern RailwayMarmora Railway and Mining CompanyCNor1900Wholly owned branch of the Central Ontario Railway, ultimately part of CNoR and CN.Michigan Central RailroadNYC18831930New York Central RailroadMidland Railway of CanadaGT18691893Grand Trunk RailwayMidland Simcoe RailwayCP19121956Canadian Pacific RailwayMidland Terminal RailwayCP19031912Midland Simcoe RailwayMontreal and City of Ottawa Junction RailwayGT18711879Canada Atlantic RailwayMontreal and Ottawa RailwayCP18901958Canadian Pacific RailwayNapanee, Tamworth and Quebec RailwayCNor18791890Kingston, Napanee and Western RailwayNational Transcontinental RailwayCGR19031993Canadian National RailwayNew York Central RailroadNYCNYC19161968Penn Central Transportation CompanyNiagara Falls Suspension Bridge CompanyGT1846Niagara Peninsula Bridge CompanyNYC18821883Niagara River Bridge CompanyNiagara River Bridge CompanyNYC18832002N/AStill exists as an abandoned subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific RailwayNiagara, St. Catharines and Toronto RailwayNS&TCNor18991958Canadian National RailwayElectric until 1960Norfolk RailwayGT18691874Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell RailwayNorfolk and Western RailwayN&W, NW19641998Norfolk Southern RailwayNorth Grey RailwayGT18711871Northern Extension RailwaysNorth Simcoe RailwayGT18741893Grand Trunk RailwayNorthern Railway of CanadaGT18581888Grand Trunk RailwayNorthern Extension RailwaysGT18711875Northern Railway of CanadaNorthern, North-Western and Sault Ste. Marie RailwayGT18811883Northern and Pacific Junction RailwayNorthern and Pacific Junction RailwayGT18831892Grand Trunk RailwayNosbonsing and Nipissing Railway1886N/AOntario, Belmont and Northern RailwayCNor18911900Marmora Railway and Mining CompanyWholly owned branch of the Central Ontario Railway, renamed shortly after construction.Ontario L'Orignal RailwayOLO19962000Ottawa Central RailwayOntario and Ottawa RailwayCNor19101914Canadian Northern RailwayOntario Pacific RailwayNYC18821897Ottawa and New York RailwayOntario and Quebec RailwayCP18711998St. Lawrence and Hudson RailwayOntario and Rainy River RailwayCNor18861900Canadian Northern RailwayOntario, Simcoe and Huron RailwayGT18511858Northern Railway of CanadaOshawa RailwayGT18911958Canadian National RailwayElectric until 1964Oshawa Railway and Navigation CompanyGT18871891Oshawa RailwayOttawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound RailwayGT18911899Canada Atlantic RailwayThe western half of J.R. Booth's Canada Atlantic Railway, formerly merged into the CAR in 1899.Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew RailwayGT18881891Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound RailwayOttawa and Gatineau RailwayCP18941901Ottawa, Northern and Western RailwayOttawa and Gatineau Valley RailwayCP18871894Ottawa and Gatineau RailwayOttawa Interprovincial Bridge CompanyCP1898Ottawa and New York RailwayNYC18971957N/AOttawa, Northern and Western RailwayCP19011958Canadian Pacific RailwayOttawa and Parry Sound RailwayGT18881891Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound RailwayOttawa and Prescott RailwayCP18551867St. Lawrence and Ottawa RailwayOttawa Terminals RailwayGT1907Parry Sound Colonization RailwayGT18851896Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound RailwayPembroke Southern RailwayGT18931956Canadian National RailwayPenn Central Transportation CompanyPC19681976Consolidated Rail CorporationPere Marquette RailroadC&O19041917Pere Marquette RailwayPere Marquette RailwayPMC&O19171947Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayPeterborough and Chemong Lake RailwayGT18881893Grand Trunk RailwayWholly owned subsidiary of the Cobourg and Peterborough, became separate when the rest of the line was sold to the Marmora interests.Peterborough and Chemong Lake RailwayGT18551868Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining CompanyPeterborough and Port Hope RailwayGT18461854Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton RailwayPontiac Pacific Junction RailwayCP18801903Ottawa, Northern and Western RailwayPort Arthur, Duluth and Western RailwayCNor18871900Canadian Northern RailwayPort Dalhousie and Thorold RailwayGT18531857Welland RailwayPort Dover and Lake Huron RailwayGT18721881Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie RailwayPort Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton RailwayGT18541869Midland Railway of CanadaPort Whitby and Port Perry RailwayGT18681874Whitby and Port Perry Extension RailwayPrescott County RailwayGT18871889Central Counties RailwayPrince Edward County RailwayCNor18731882Central Ontario RailwaySt. Clair Frontier Tunnel CompanyGT18841886St. Clair Tunnel CompanySt. Clair Tunnel CompanyGT18862008Grand Trunk Western RailroadSt. Lawrence and Hudson RailwaySTLHCP19962001Canadian Pacific RailwaySt. Lawrence and Ottawa RailwayCP1867Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwaySt. Mary's and Western Ontario RailwayCP19051958Canadian Pacific RailwaySarnia, Chatham and Erie RailwayNYC18761904Canada Southern RailwaySouth Norfolk RailwayGT18871889Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie RailwaySouth Ontario Pacific RailwayCP18871956Canadian Pacific RailwayStratford and Huron RailwayGT18551881Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie RailwaySuperior and Western Ontario Railway1909N/ATemiskaming and Northern Ontario RailwayTEM19021946Ontario Northland RailwayThousand Islands RailwayGT18841958Canadian National RailwayThunder Bay Colonization RailwayCNor18831887Port Arthur, Duluth and Western RailwayTilsonburg, Lake Erie and Pacific RailwayCP18901958Canadian Pacific RailwayToronto Belt Line RailwayGT18891943Canadian National RailwayToronto, Grey and Bruce RailwayCP18681998St. Lawrence and Hudson RailwayToronto and Guelph RailwayGT18511853Grand Trunk RailwayToronto, Hamilton and Buffalo RailwayTH&B, THBCP/ NYC1884Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayToronto and Nipissing RailwayGT18681882Midland Railway of CanadaToronto and Nipissing Eastern Extension RailwayCNor18801884Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa RailwayToronto and Ottawa RailwayGT18771882Midland Railway of CanadaToronto, Simcoe and Lake Huron RailwayGT18491851Ontario, Simcoe and Huron RailwayToronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction RailwayGT18691871Northern Extension RailwaysToronto Terminals RailwayCP/ GT1906Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific RailwayTrans-Ontario RailwayTOR19961997Ottawa Valley RailwayVaudreuil and Prescott RailwayCP18841890Montreal and Ottawa RailwayVictoria RailwayGT18731882Midland Railway of CanadaWabash RailroadWAB18981915Wabash RailwayWabash RailroadWABWAB19421964Norfolk and Western RailwayWabash RailwayWAB19151942Wabash RailroadWalkerton and Lucknow RailwayCP19041956Canadian Pacific RailwayWaterloo Junction RailwayGT18891893Grand Trunk RailwayWelland RailwayGT18571884Grand Trunk Railway Line leased to Great Western in 1878 and GT in 1882 and sold 1884.Wellington, Grey and Bruce RailwayGT18641893Grand Trunk RailwayWest Ontario Pacific RailwayCP1885Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayWhitby and Port Perry Extension RailwayGT18741877Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay RailwayWhitby, Port Perry and Lindsay RailwayGT18771882Midland Railway of Canada===Electric===*Belleville Traction Company*Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway*Berlin and Northern Railway*Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway*Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway*Brantford Street Railway*Buffalo Railway*Canadian National Electric Railways*Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway*City Railway of Windsor*City and Suburban Electric Railway*Cornwall Electric Street Railway*Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company*Davenport Street Railway*Fort William Electric Railway*Galt and Preston Street Railway*Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway*Grand River Railway (GRNR)*Grand Valley Railway*Guelph Railway*Guelph Radial Railway*Hamilton Cataract Power, Light and Traction Company*Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway*Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract Power Company*Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway*Hamilton Radial Electric Railway*Hamilton Street Railway*Hamilton, Waterloo and Guelph Railway*Huron, Bruce and Grey Electric Railway* Huron and Ontario Electric Railway (c. 1906 planned and never built)*Hydro-Electric Railways*International Railway*International Transit Company*Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway*Kingston Street Railway*Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway*Lake Erie and Northern Railway (LEN)*Leander Colt Incline*London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company*London and Port Stanley Railway (LPS)*London Street Railway*Maid of the Mist Incline*Metropolitan Street Railway*Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto*Middlesex and Elgin Inter-urban Railway*Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway*Niagara Falls, Park and River Railway*Niagara Falls, Wesley Park and Clifton Tramway Company*Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (NS&T)*Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway*Nipissing Central Railway*North Yonge Railways*Ontario Southern Railway*Ontario Traction Company*Ontario West Shore Railway*Ontario West Shore Electric Railway*Oshawa Railway*Ottawa City Passenger Railway*Ottawa Electric Railway*Ottawa Electric Street Railway*Peterboro and Ashburnham Street Railway*Peterboro Radial Railway*Port Arthur Civic Company*Port Arthur Electric Street Railway*Port Arthur and Fort William Electric Railway*Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines and Thorold Electric Street Railway*Port Dover, Brantford, Berlin and Goderich Railway*Preston and Berlin Railway*St. Catharines, Merritton and Thorold Railway*St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway*St. Catharines Street Railway*St. Thomas Street Railway*Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway*Sandwich and Windsor Passenger Railway*Sarnia Street Railway*Schomberg and Aurora Railway*South Essex Electric Railway*Southwestern Traction Company*Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway*Toronto Railway*Toronto and Mimico Railway*Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company*Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company*Toronto Street Railway*Toronto Suburban Railway*Toronto Suburban Street Railway*Toronto and York Radial Railway*Weston, High Park and Toronto Street Railway*Whirlpool Rapids Incline*Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway (WE&L)*Windsor and Tecumseh Electric Railway*Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway===Private freight carriers===*Rama Timber Transport Company*Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway*Whitney and Opeongo Railway*Egan Estates Railway*Orangeville Brampton Railway===Passenger carriers===*Waterloo – St. Jacobs Railway===Never completed===*Ontario and Pacific Junction Railway*Toronto Eastern Railway
See also * Rail transport in Ontario* History of rail transport in Canada* List of defunct Canadian railways
Notes
References * Index to Railway Legislation (1867–1907)