Smiths Falls station


Smiths Falls railway station in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada is served by Via Rail Corridor trains running between Toronto and Ottawa. It is unstaffed, with outdoor parking, telephones and washrooms. Accessible parking, automatic doors and wheelchair access is available to the platform. However, as of June 2020 no wheelchair lift is available for boarding or disembarking trains at the station.

Railway services

As of June 2020, Smiths Falls station is served by 1 domestic route. All are provided by Via Rail, the primary passenger rail operator in Canada. Note that none of these trains offer local service between Ottawa and Fallowfield, or Guildwood and Toronto. Departures have been reduced to 4 trains per day due to the coronavirus pandemic..
TrainOperatorFromViaToFreq.

48		Via RailTorontoGuildwood - Oshawa - Port Hope - Cobourg- Trenton Junction - Belleville - Napanee - Kingston - Gananoque - Brockville - Smiths Falls - FallowfieldOttawa1/day

52		Via RailTorontoGuildwood - Oshawa - Cobourg - Belleville - Kingston - Brockville - Smiths Falls - FallowfieldOttawa1/day

53		Via RailOttawaFallowfield - Smiths Falls - Brockville - Gananoque - Kingston - Napanee - Belleville - Trenton Junction - Cobourg - Port Hope - Oshawa - GuildwoodToronto1/day

59		Via RailOttawaFallowfield - Smiths Falls - Brockville - Kingston - Belleville - Trenton Junction - Cobourg - Oshawa - GuildwoodToronto1/day

Stations

CPR station

The original passenger station building was built by Canadian Pacific Railway in 1887. In 1999 the Smiths Falls Community Theatre began renovations on the station, installing the 140 seat Station Theatre into the old restaurant area. A small waiting area in the building was used by Via Rail until the new Via Rail station opened.

CNoR station

As Smiths Falls is a junction between multiple rail lines, it once had multiple active passenger stations. A 1912 Canadian Northern Ontario Railway station on a now-abandoned line is now a National Historic Site which houses the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario.

New station

On March 8, 2010, Via Rail announced plans to build and relocate to a new station located just north of downtown. The new station would have a distinctive tower. The new station would reduce scheduling conflicts between passenger and freight trains as the old station is located in the middle of a junction between two busy Canadian Pacific Railway lines and both the Via Rail's Smiths Falls and Brockville Subdivisions. The new station consists of and was constructed with a budget of $750,000.