McGill Street Terminal

TheMcGill Street Terminalis a formerinterurbanrailway stationlocated inMontreal,Quebec.It is located on the corner ofRue Marguerite-d'YouvilleandMcGill Street.The building today houses a branch of Restaurant Pizzaiolle, a local pizza restaurant chain.

Although the wordsGare Unionhave been placed above the building's main entrance, the building has never been known by this name and never served as aunion station.

History

The McGill Street terminal was built in 1909 by theMontreal and Southern Counties Railway(M&SC), an interurban electric railway company which had come under the control of theGrand Trunk Railway.

Grand Trunk became part ofCanadian National Railway(CNR) in 1923. Plans to bring the M&SC trains closer to the CNR'sBonaventure Stationmainline terminal never materialized. However, a convenient transfer with the Montreal Tramways 29-Outremontstreetcarline was available at McGill Street.

The station was the terminus for suburban and interurban service to towns on thesouth shoresuch asSaint-Lambert,Longueuil,Greenfield Park,Saint-Hubert,ChamblyandGranby.M&SC trains crossed theSaint Lawrence Riveron one of the side decks of theVictoria Bridge(the central part of this railway bridge being reserved for mainline freight and passenger trains).

The station was closed in 1955, when the M&SC's side deck on the bridge was converted to an automobile traffic lane in anticipation of modifications to accommodate theSaint Lawrence Seaway.

External links

• Canadian Railno 353 (1981)Archived2013-06-22 at theWayback Machine
• Union StationatIMTL.org