Summary
Mono Road Station was built in 1870 as construction of the narrow-gauge Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway was progressing northward from Toronto. It was a simple wooden frame structure with a lean-to roof, located at the intersection of Olde Base Line Road and Airport Road. A grain elevator was also built next to the station to access local grain producers, bringing prosperity to the local community. The station’s opening was delayed until the line was complete up to Orangeville, and the first revenue passenger train arrived in Mono Road on September 18th, 1871. However, the “formal” opening of the railway did not occur until November 4th. Four trains stopped at Mono Road per day upon its opening.
As the TG&B grew in size, the much larger Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway both sought to gain control of it. The Grand Trunk laid the groundwork by agreeing to fund its conversion to standard gauge in 1881. However, they would ultimately have insufficient funds to acquire the TG&B, which instead went to Canadian Pacific in 1883. After Canadian Pacific’s transcontinental line was complete in 1885, the line through Mono Road became an important connection to the west. Trains would bring passengers to Owen Sound where they could then take a steamship through the Great Lakes to Port Arthur, then back on a train to reach points west.
In 1908, Canadian Pacific built a direct rail connection between their transcontinental line in Sudbury and the former TG&B just east of Mono Road in Bolton. This rerouted transcontinental traffic away from Mono Road, but local trains continued to serve the steamships in Owen Sound. The Great Depression reduced ridership to the point that only a single mixed train in each direction was serving Mono Road by 1931. The line between Bolton and Orangeville was abandoned the following year, but the station was repurposed as a shed for a few decades afterward before it was ultimately torn down.
Mono Road Station in August 1898, at this point well into the Canadian Pacific era. The grain elevator can be seen behind the station and to the right. Photo by J. W. Heckman, courtesy of the Canadian Railway Historical Association. 
A circa 1910 postcard of Mono Road station. Courtesy of the Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives.
Condensed Station Info:
| Location: | Served By: | Current State: | Date Built: | Date Demolished: |
| Old Base Line Road and Airport Road | Toronto, Grey & Bruce (1871 – 1883) Canadian Pacific (1883 – 1932) | Demolished | 1870 | After 1958 |