Canada Southern Railway Places

This is a list of stations, yards, junctions, etc. of the Canada Southern Railway.

For photos of some stations, see Terry Link's Canada Southern Photo Page web site's Structures alphabetical list or map.

Many photos are available for purchase - see the Canada Southern Bibliography, especially the photos, art, and books sections.

For maps, see the Canada Southern Bibliography maps section.

Additional information, corrections or updates are welcome.

Information about surviving stations is in "Canadian Railway Station Guide".

Main Line

Suspension Bridge
Niagara Falls - see Niagara-On-The-Lake Branch
Victoria Park
Falls View
Montrose
Montrose Junction - see Chippawa Branch and Fort Erie Branch
Fraser
Welland
(Swing bridge over Welland Canal, later tunnel under.)
Hewitt
Perry
Montague
Attercliffe
Canfield Junction
Edward
Cayuga
Lithmore
Dufferin
Hagersville
Townsend
Villa Nova
Waterford
Windham (now Windham Centre)
La Salette
Hawtrey
Cornell
Tillsonburg
Brownsville
Springfield
Aylmer
Kingsmill
Yarmouth
St. Thomas - see London Branch
Headquarters, division point, shops, and Talbot Yard.
St. Clair Junction - see St. Clair Branch
Shedden
Iona
Dutton
West Lorne
Rodney
Taylor
Muirkirk
Highgate
Ridgetown
Mull
Fargo
Charing Cross
Buxton
Fletcher
Tilbury
Comber - see Leamington Branch
Ruscomb
Woodslee
Essex - see Amherstburg Branch
Maidstone
Pelton
Tower Road
Windsor
Windsor-Detroit Tunnel (aka Detroit River Tunnel)
Detroit

The mainline originally went to Amherstburg not Windsor, until the Windsor route was opened December 31, 1882 using ferries to Detroit. Later the tunnel was built.

Niagara-On-The-Lake Branch

Niagara Falls
Stamford
St. Davids (aka St. David)
Queenston
Paradise Switch
John Street
Queen Street
Niagara-On-The-Lake

About 1970 the villages of Old Niagara, Virgil, St. David's, Glendale and Queenston were amalgamated into Niagara-On-The-Lake. John Street and Queen Street are in Niagara-On-The-Lake.

Part of this branch was shared with the electrified Niagara, St. Catherine's & Toronto Railway.

Fort Erie Branch

Welland
Brookfield
Netherby
Stevensville
Niagara Junction - see Chippawa Branch
Victoria (Victoria Yard)
Fort Erie
(The International Bridge was used to reach Buffalo. It connected Bridgeburg (near Fort Erie) to Black Rock (near Buffalo).)
(to Terrace and Buffalo)

Chippawa Branch

Montrose Junction ?
Chippawa
Black Creek
Hillard ?
North Bridgeburg ?
Niagara Junction - see Fort Erie Branch

The part from Chippawa to Fort Erie was abandoned in 1925.

London Branch

St. Thomas
?
London

The London branch used London and Port Stanley Railway tracks from St. Thomas to London, entering London from the south between Wellington Road and Adelaide Street then curving west about where the current CN tracks are. The station was approximately (just south of) where the current CN station is.

St. Clair Branch

St. Clair Junction
Air Line Crossing
Southwold
Muncy
Melbourne
Appin
CPR Crossing
Walkers
Alvinston
Inwood
Weidmann
Glen Rae
Holmesdale
Oil City - see Eddy's Mill Branch
Petrolia Junction - see Petrolia Branch
Brigden
Kimball
Courtright Junction
Courtright

The St. Clair Branch was abandoned in 1959, and the tracks removed in 1960.

Eddy's Mill Branch

Oil City
Oil Springs
Eddy's Mill

The Eddy's Mill Branch was abandoned with the St. Clair Branch.

Petrolia Branch

Petrolia Junction
Corey
Petrolia
Marthaville?
(CS track was at one time intended to reach Marthaville, but apparently did not?)

The Petrolia Branch was abandoned with the St. Clair Branch.

Leamington Branch

Comber
Pettit Mill
Rosslyn
Staples
Oakland
Blytheswood
Wigle ????
Gravel Pit Switch
Leamington
Sea Cliffe Park

The Leamington Branch was abandoned in about 2002.

Amherstburg Branch

This was originally the western end of the main line, until the Windsor route was opened December 31, 1882.

Essex
Edgars
McGregor
Auld
Southwick
Quarries
Gordon
Amherstburg (aka Amherstberg)

Car ferries were used to move cards from Gordon to Stoney Island, then rail was used across Grosse Ile and a bridge to the Michigan shore and to Detroit.

Alphabetically

Air Line Crossing
Alvinston
Amherstburg (aka Amherstberg)
Appin
Attercliffe
Auld
Aylmer
Black Creek
Blytheswood
Bridgeburg (see Fort Erie)
Brigden
Brookfield
Brownsville
Buxton
Canfield Junction (aka Canfield)
Cayuga
Charing Cross
Chippawa (aka Chippewa)
Clifton ?
Comber
Corey
Cornell
Courtright Junction
Courtright
CPR Crossing
Detroit
Dufferin
Dutton
Eddy's Mill (aka Eddys)
Edgars
Edward
Essex
Falls View
Fargo
Fletcher
Fort Erie
Fraser
Glen Rae
Gordon
Gravel Pit Switch
Hagersville
Hawtrey
Hewitt
Highgate
Hillard ?
Holmesdale
Inwood
Iona
John Street (Niagara-On-The-Lake)
Kimball
Kingsmill
La Salette (aka Lasalette)
Leamington
Lithmore
London
Maidstone
Marthaville?
(CS track may or may not have reached Marthaville?)
McGregor
Melbourne
Montague
Montrose
Montrose Junction
Muirkirk
Mull
Muncy
Netherby
Niagara Falls
Niagara Junction
Niagara-On-The-Lake
North Bridgeburg ?
Oakland
Oil City
Oil Springs
Paradise Switch
Pelton
Perry
Petrolia
Petrolia Junction
Pettit Mill
Quarries ?
Queenston
Queen Street (Niagara-On-The-Lake)
Ridgetown
Rodney
Ruscomb
Sea Cliffe Park
Shedden
Southwick
Southwold
Springfield
Staples
St. Clair Junction
St. Davids (aka St. David)
St. Thomas
Stevensville
Suspension Bridge
Talbot Yard (see St. Thomas)
Taylor
Tilbury
Tillsonburg
Tower Road
Townsend
Victoria
Victoria Park
Victoria Yard (see Victoria)
Villa Nova
Walkers
Waterford
Weidmann
Welland
West Lorne
Wigle ????
Windham (now Windham Centre)
Windsor
Windsor-Detroit Tunnel
Woodslee
Yarmouth

Connections

Air Line Crossing - to GTW Air Line (later CN), on St. Clair Branch.
Alvinston - to Grand Trunk Railroad?
Amherstburg (Gordon) - to USA via ferries, until replaced by CS Detroit River Tunnel.
Courtright - Planned ferry to St. Clair, Michigan to reach Chicago. (Some sources say a barge operated for a while?)
Courtright Junction - to PM/C&O/Chessie/CSX.
CPR Crossing - to CPR, on St. Clair Branch.
Detroit - to Michigan Central and others ...
Fort Erie - to CN, to USA via GTW/CN International Bridge ...
Hagersville - To CN Hagersville Sub,
Niagara Falls - to NYC in USA via GTW then CS bridge.
St. Thomas - to CN, CP, L&PS, PM/C&O/Chessie/CSX, Wabash/N&W/NS, others ...
Waterford - to TH&B.
Welland - to TH&B Welland Sub, to CN, and to N&SC.
Windsor - to CN, CP, LE&D/PM/C&O/Chessie/CSX, ETR, ... and via Detroit River Tunnel to Michigan Central and others ...
and more . . .