Caption: The morning fog has just lifted in the village of South River, Ontario on the CN Newmarket Subdivision. The old CN station, constructed during 1884 by the Northern and Pacific Junction Railway, is viewed sitting boarded-up with the “Save our Station” sign affixed to the one end over its windows. Situated at Mile 188 of the line, the village’s railway history was deemed to important to be lost. In turn the village was able to see that the station was saved, and it was cosmetically restored in later years.
Presently, work began this spring to prepare it for the resumption of Ontario Northland passenger rail service sometime during 2026. The current Ontario government is following through with a commitment to re-introduce passenger service from Timmins to Toronto and South River is one of the stops. Reportedly, it will be the only scheduled stop between North Bay and Huntsville on the re-introduced ONR passenger service. An article in the North Bay Nugget had said that renovating the former train station back to life again was estimated to cost $414,000.