Smiths Falls | |||||||||||
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| Location | 46 Union Street,Smiths Falls,Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°54′45″N76°01′26″W / 44.91250°N 76.02389°W /44.91250; -76.02389 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Via Rail | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||
| Parking | 22 spaces (surface lot) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Website | Smiths Falls train station | ||||||||||
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| Opened | c. 2010 | ||||||||||
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Smiths Falls railway station inSmiths Falls,Ontario,Canada is served byVia RailCorridor trains running betweenMontreal andOttawa. It is unstaffed, with outdoor parking, telephones and washrooms.[1] Accessible parking, automatic doors andwheelchair access is available to the platform. Wheelchair lift is available at this station.
22 surface lot parking spaces are managed by Indigo Parking. A pay meter is located inside the station; hourly, daily and monthly rates are available.[2]
The original passengerstation building was built byCanadian Pacific Railway in 1887. In 1999, the Smiths Falls Community Theatre began renovations on the station, installing the 140 seat Station Theatre into the old restaurant area. A small waiting area in the building was used by Via Rail until 2010 when the new Via Rail station opened.[3]
As Smiths Falls is a junction between multiple rail lines, it once had multiple active passenger stations. A 1913 Canadian Northern Ontario Railway station on a now-abandoned line (Canadian National embargoed their Smiths Falls Subdivision between Smiths Falls and Strathcona in 1979) is now a National Historic Site which houses theRailway Museum of Eastern Ontario.[4]
On March 8, 2010, Via Rail announced plans to build and relocate to a new station located just north of downtown. The new station would have a distinctive tower. The new station would reduce scheduling conflicts between passenger and freight trains as the old station is located in the middle of a junction between two busyCanadian Pacific Railway lines and both the Via Rail's Smiths Falls and Brockville Subdivisions.[5] The new station consists of 400 square feet (37 m2) and was constructed with a budget of $750,000.[6]
Smiths Falls station is served by trains on Via Rail's Toronto-Ottawa route, though some express trains pass through the station without stopping.
As of October 2023, the station is served by four to six trains per day toward Ottawa, and two to four trains per day toward Toronto.[7]
The museum is housed in the Smiths Falls Canadian Northern (CNoR) / Canadian National Railways (CNR) railway station. RMEO station building, is a National Historic Site.
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