Summary

Burlington Station was built by the Hamilton & North-Western Railway in 1877 while its construction was progressing north towards Allandale. It was originally located on the north side of Ontario Street and was positioned more conveniently to downtown Burlington than the existing station of the Great Western Railway 1.8 kilometers to the north. This, combined with the Hamilton & North-Western’s more direct route along Burlington Beach made this station popular among commuters early on. The first train arrived at this station in 1878 and it would see a total of five passenger trains per day by 1885. Just a year after operations began, the Hamilton & North-Western merged with its rival, the Northern Railway of Canada, to form the Northern and North-Western Railway in 1879.

The use of the former Hamilton & North-Western station by passengers would not last particularly long after this point. The larger Grand Trunk Railway gained control of the Great Western Railway in 1882, then would do the same to the Northern and North-Western Railway in 1888. The former Great Western route was chosen as the preferred one for passenger trains by the Grand Trunk, and service to the former Hamilton & North-Western station and the entirety of Burlington Beach ended in 1896. The station building was subsequently moved south to Lakeshore Road in 1900 where it was converted into a railroad freight agency. It continued in this function until at least 1929 when the building was sold and converted into a private residence. The structure has gone through a number of changes in ownership and received many modifications over the years, but remains along Brock Avenue just north of Lakeshore Road as commercial space today.

Condensed Station Info:

Location:	Served By:	Current State:	Date Built:	Date Demolished:
Ontario Street	H&NW (1878 – 1879) N&NW (1879 – 1888) GTR (1888 – 1896)	Repurposed	1877	N/A