The Guelph Junction Railway is a shortline railway owned by the City of Guelph, Ontario, and serves the city's northwest industrial park. [ 1 ] The railway was the first federally chartered railway in the Commonwealth of Nations to be owned by a municipality, and, along with the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway and the Capital Railway ...

Location: The subject line is located in South-Central Ontario, connecting the city of Guelph with the Canadian Pacific Railway to the south at Guelph Junction. History: In 1884, the Guelph Junction Railway (GJR) was incorporated by the citizens of Guelph to construct a line from a point south of the Grand Trunk Railway in Guelph to a ...

The line to Guelph Junction was 105.4 miles with a further 16.4 to Hamilton Junction totalling 111.8. This latter portion of the line was built under the charter of the South Ontario Pacific which was leased to the CPR effective January 1, 1912 and opened July 1, 1912.

The Guelph Junction Railway (GJR) was federally chartered in 1884. The charter called for the road to run 15 miles (24 kilometres) to the south where it would connect with the CPR main line and then onwards to the city of Burlington.

Construction of the Guelph Junction Railway began in May of 1887, and was completed to Campbellville August 20, 1887. Rather than operating the lines themselves, the Guelph Junction Railway signed a 99 year lease with the Canadian Pacific …

The city of Guelph owned the Guelph Junction Railway (GJR, incorporated in 1884 and owned by a consortium of merchants and the City of Guelph) to connect to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) mainline 15 miles south of town in Campbellville. This line was completed in 1888 and by May 1887 had been leased to the CPR. [1]

Guelph Junction Railway; The Guelph Junction Railway was established in 1884 by Guelph business leaders and the city of Guelph. Following the loss of the Great Western Railway, it began as an effort to attract more railways to the city. The plan was to lease it to Canadian Pacific Railway which had expanded into western Canada.

GJR operates on 38.6 kilometres of track that runs from Guelph Junction near Campbellville, Ontario to Guelph’s northwest industrial park. Guelph Junction Railway connects with the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railway.

The Guelph Junction Railway Division operates 24 miles of track between Guelph and Campbellville, Ontario on behalf of the City of Guleph. The railroad is currently operated by Genesee & Wyoming's Goderich-Exeter Railway. In December 1997, the Canadian Pacific Railway did not renew the lease with Guelph Junction Railway.

A major expansion resulted from a unique opportunity when OSR took over the long-invisible Guelph Junction Railway owned by the City of Guelph and long leased to the Canadian Pacific Railway.