Via Rail station in Parry Sound on the Bala Subdivision.
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Canadian National Railway Metrolinx
Locale
Ontario, Canada
Termini
Toronto (Union Station Rail Corridor)
Capreol
Stations
Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington Washago Parry Sound (former CN) Sudbury Junction Capreol
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
Canadian National Railway
Services
Richmond Hill Canadian Continental (former) Super Continental (former) Northlander (former)
Operator(s)
Canadian National Railway (freight) GO Transit (passenger) Via Rail (passenger)
History
Opened
1906 (Toronto to Parry Sound)
Technical
Line length
276.1 mi (444.3 km)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
The Canadian National Railway (CN) Bala Subdivision is a major railway line in Ontario, Canada. It runs between the provincial capital of Toronto in Southern Ontario and Capreol in Northern Ontario, where the line continues as the Ruel Subdivision. It forms part of CN's transcontinental mainline between Southern Ontario and Western Canada.
Passing to the east of Lake Simcoe, the line bypasses the cities of Barrie and Orillia, instead passing through the community of Washago. Cutting west toward Georgian Bay, it parallels the Canadian Pacific Railway's MacTier Subdivision through Parry Sound country, penetrating into the more rugged terrain of the Canadian Shield.
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