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Riverdale Railway Station

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2013

Photo Source - Toronto Public Library Digital Archive

Photo Source - City of Toronto Archives

On the northeast corner of De Grassi Street and Queen Street East can be found this 2012 Heritage Toronto plaque. Here's what it tells us:

Coordinates: 43.659831 -79.345971

In 1896, the Grand Trunk Railway opened its Queen East station to serve Toronto's growing east end. Renamed Riverdale Station in 1907, the building stood here on De Grassi Street at Queen Street East. It's dramatic turret, bay window, and a deep overhanging roof were defining features typical of small railway stations of the period.

In 1904, a streetcar collided with a freight train at the level crossing on Queen Street East, killing three people and injuring 18. This and subsequent accidents led to the elevation of the new Union Station railway corridor above city streets and sidewalks. The station was moved in 1927 to accommodate the new embankment for the underpass, the first of nine to be completed. Dwindling passenger numbers during the Great Depression led to the closure of Riverdale Station in 1932 and its demolition in 1974.

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