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Windsor station (Michigan Central Railroad)

Coordinates: 42°18′05″N 83°02′42″W / 42.301283°N 83.045022°W / 42.301283; -83.045022
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Windsor
Windsor in 1974
General information
Location1300 Pelletier Street, Windsor, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates42°18′05″N 83°02′42″W / 42.301283°N 83.045022°W / 42.301283; -83.045022
Owned byCanada Southern Railway
Line(s)Canadian Pacific Railway
Platforms1 island platform later 1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusDestroyed by fire (1996)
History
Opened1911
Closed1979
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Detroit
toward Chicago
Michigan Central Railroad
Main Line
Maidstone
toward Buffalo
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Detroit (Michigan Central)
Terminus
Niagara Rainbow
1974-1979
St. Thomas

Windsor was a train station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The station was built by the Michigan Central Railroad in 1911 and subsequently controlled by the Canada Southern Railway. The station served Canada Southern Railway and New York Central trains. Windsor also has another railroad station in town.

The last train service to this station was Amtrak's Niagara Rainbow from October 1978 to January 31, 1979.[1] The building was burnt to the ground in 1996 due to arson.

References

  1. ^ "Windsor, Ontario, Canada". trainweb.org. Retrieved January 2, 2019.

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