Summary
The Canadian Northern Railway reached Beaverton in 1906 while construction of the railway was progressing south towards Toronto. Beaverton had rail service for a few decades before the Canadian Northern’s arrival in the form of the Midland Railway of Canada, which reached Beaverton in 1872. However, its route to Toronto was far from direct, involving a transfer at Lorneville Junction. The Canadian Northern gave Beaverton a quicker way to reach Toronto as well as northern Ontario and western Canada. Its station in Beaverton, while not of a particularly substantial size, was more than large enough to handle the relatively small population of Beaverton at the time. It would have contained a waiting room and a freight room, with the station agent’s office located between the two inside the rectangular bay window. Initially, the north side of the structure had a canopy extending from the roof to act as a shelter over the platform. For whatever reason, this design feature was removed several decades later.
The financially ailing Canadian Northern was nationalized in 1918, and it was merged into the newly-formed Canadian National a few years later. In 1922, Ontario Highway 12 was established roughly parallel with the railway through Beaverton, becoming a key connection to the Trans-Canada Highway system. This combined with an increase in car ownership over the next several decades resulted in a decline in passenger ridership at this station. The last train to serve it was the Ontario Northland Railways’ Northland train, which was supplanted by the Northlander after 1977. Although the station building itself was boarded up and deteriorated over time, the platform was used by Ontario Northland for over a decade more. VIA built a shelter immediately adjacent to the station by the early 1990’s, but this arrangement was short lived. The station was demolished later that decade.
A 1912 postcard of Beaverton station while under ownership of the Canadian Northern Railway. The canopy extending from the left side of the station was later removed. Courtesy of the Ross Gray Collection. 
Beaverton Station many years later in 1973, still serving passengers though the building itself appears to have had many of its windows removed and its original wooden exterior covered with a different material. Courtesy of the Al Paterson Collection. 
The station had clearly seen better days by the time this photo was taken in July 1981. Boarded-up windows and damage to the roof have become apparent. Courtesy of the Ingenium Digital Archives.
Condensed Station Info:
| Location: | Served By: | Current State: | Date Built: | Date Demolished: |
| West end of King Street | Canadian Northern (1906 – 1918) Canadian National (1918 – 1970’s) Ontario Northland (? – 1990’s) | Demolished | 1906 | 1990’s |