The South Parkdale railway station was a passenger rail station on the Grand Trunk Railway

Grand Trunk Railway

The Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...

 in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It was located at Jameson Avenue

Jameson Avenue

Jameson Avenue is a multi-lane arterial road in the Parkdale neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a north-south roadway from Lake Shore Boulevard to Queen Street...

 and Springhurst Avenue in the former village of Parkdale

Parkdale, Toronto

Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Queen Street. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street south, and on the south by Lake Ontario...

. It was demolished in 1911 as part of a grade separation engineering project.

History

The Grand Trunk Railway had built rail lines along the Toronto waterfront in 1850. A South Parkdale station was built in the 1870s to serve the growing Parkdale

Parkdale, Toronto

Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Queen Street. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street south, and on the south by Lake Ontario...

 area of the then York Township, opening in 1879. It was demolished in 1911 as part of a grade separation project. The passenger rail services were moved to the Sunnyside railway station

Sunnyside railway station

The Sunnyside railway station was a railway station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly located at King and Queen Streets. It operated passenger service from 1910 until 1971.-History:...

.

The grade separation project eliminated a rise to the South Parkdale area by making a cut from east of Dufferin Avenue west to west of Dowling Avenue. The rail lines to the west of the area were elevated from the previous waterfront level to make an even elevation from the Humber River east to Sunnyside, providing subways at several points to provide access to the waterfront from the north.
Grade separation

After the Sunnyside station was opened, the South Parkdale station was closed and temporary tracks laid to detour around the digging to proceed at the location of the existing tracks.

See also

• Parkdale, Toronto
  Parkdale, Toronto
  Parkdale is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Queen Street. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street south, and on the south by Lake Ontario...
  
  
• Sunnyside, Toronto