North Toronto Station (was Re: Electrification (was Re: CPR D-10 from sunset))
- From: "Andrew Jeanes" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:24:33 -0000
Wow, has this thread ever drifted away from its original intent.
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Derek Boles" <derekboles@...> wrote:
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Sutherland" <sutherail@> wrote:
North Toronto Station was a long way from the existing
small business district, and no executive would want to isolate
himself by being first to move "out of the city".
Actually North Toronto Station was very popular with businessmen and
politicians. In fact, they were the bread and butter of the place throughout
the 1920s and NTS was a lot more convenient for them than the old
Union Station. CP Nos. 23 & 24, the overnight train to Ottawa and Montreal
that departed NTS at about 9:30 PM was used by businessmen who were
able to go home from the office to have dinner with their families before
departing on their overnight trips.
Inaccurate criticism of North Toronto Station around Derek is as bad an idea
as criticizing the other railway's Turbo Train in front of Jason Shron.
But...the 1920s iterations of trains 23 and 24 never ran to Ottawa. Nearest
they got was crossing the diamond over the Prescott sub at Bedell. Trains 33
and 34 were the direct Ottawa-Toronto overnight trains, and they ran into
Toronto Union Station.
Later on, in the pool era, Trains 23 and 24 made their reappearance as a
second overnight run between Ottawa and Toronto, going via Belleville
instead of Peterboro as did 33 and 34. By then North Toronto Station was
long closed.
All of which suggests that though North Toronto Station may have been
popular with the Rosedale and Forest Hill-dwelling business types, it was
probably not very useful for Ottawa-bound politicians.
Andrew
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