The Locust Hill Train Station (1936)

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This train station was built in 1936. Its original location was Hwy 7 and Reesor Road in Locust Hill. This station was built to replace an earlier station that burned down in 1935.

In 1884, the Ontario and Quebec Railway, in cooperation with the Canadian Pacific Railway, purchased land from William Button and built a two-storey station with an apartment available for the stationmaster on the second floor.

Completed in 1887, this station and the rail line that ran through it between Toronto and Perth enabled Locust Hill to become a bustling village!

"New" Locust Hill Train Station in its original location, 1950

By the time this new station was built in 1936, rail transportation was in decline and so the new building was much smaller than the original.

Train Station interior, depicting a small railway equipment display

Train Station interior, depicting the office behind the ticket counter

Based on a common plan for station buildings around 1935, this rectangular frame structure has a ticket wicket in the front square bay window where the station agent was located, a covered area for waiting passengers, and a baggage storage area at the north end.

Train Station interior, depicting the waiting area and ticket counter.

CPR Bridge, Locust Hill, 1900

Robin the fox says: Service through Locust Hill Station stopped in 1969 and the building was later moved to the museum grounds in 1983.

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