History of Station

According to Elizabeth Willnot's Book, "When Any Time Was Train Time", the first train arrived in Ingersoll in Dec 15, 1853 with regular passenger service started on January 27, 1854. The Great Western Railway built the first station, a plain building, that was replaced by the present structure.
Ingersoll saw three railways come to town in the early years. Along with the Great Western, the Credit Valley Railway and the Tillsonburg, Lake & Pacific all eventually made it to Ingersoll.

The Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway also operated a tramway between Ingersoll and Woodstock from 1901 until 1925.

Ingersoll is now serviced by CP, CN, Ontario Southland and VIA so is still a busy railway town.

Here is a picture of the station from Elizabeth Willmot's book sometime in the seventies as well as the original architect's drawings from November 30, 1885

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