Canada Southern Railway Station
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"St. Thomas station" redirects here. For the station in England, see Exeter St Thomas railway station.
The Canada Southern Railway Station (CASO) is a former railway station in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The station was built by the Canada Southern Railway (CSR)[nb 1] in 1873 as both a railway station and its corporate headquarters.[2][3] It was one of the busiest stations in Canada during the 1920s.[2] Train traffic ceased in the 1980s.[4]
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Location | 750 Talbot Street St. Thomas, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42.7779°N 81.1861°W / 42.7779; -81.1861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | North America Railway Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Architect | Edgar Berryman (1839-1905) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Italianate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | casostation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1873 (1873) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1979 (1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Designated | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Canada Southern Railway Station, 750 Talbot Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CASO became a protected heritage building in the late-1980s and was purchased by the North America Railway Hall of Fame (NARHF) in 2005.[1]