LIUNA Station

LIUNA Station is a banquet and convention centre in central Hamilton, Ontario.^[1] The building opened in 1931 as Hamilton C.N.R. Station and served as a passenger and freight railway station.

LIUNA Station
Former CNR station building
General information
Location	360 James Street North Hamilton, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43.2658°N 79.8646°W / 43.2658; -79.8646
Owned by	LIUNA
History
Opened	1931
Closed	1993
Former services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Burlington 1989–1993 toward Toronto Maple Leaf Grimsby toward New York Burlington West 1981–1989 toward Toronto Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Dundas toward Sarnia Grand Trunk Railway Main Line Oakville toward Montreal Stoney Creek toward Suspension Bridge Niagara Falls – Toronto Local stops Aldershot toward Toronto Terminus Hamilton – Allandale Aldershot toward Allandale Dundas toward Owen Sound Owen Sound – Hamilton Terminus Rymal toward St. Thomas St. Thomas – Hamilton Preceding station GO Transit Following station Aldershot towards Union Station Lakeshore West 1967–1996 Terminus

History

LIUNA Station, former CN Railway James Street Station, on the east side of James Street North at Murray Street, was built between 1929 and 1931 by the Canadian National Railway to a design by architect John Schofield.^[2]

The property is one of the National Historic Sites of Canada and has been designated under the Federal Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act and under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by City of Hamilton By-law 95-115.^[3] Portions of the building were protected by the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1999.^[2]

In 1967, GO Transit took over CN's commuter service between Toronto and Hamilton, and in 1978 all other CN passenger service was transferred to Via Rail.^[4]

In 1992, Via Rail closed their Burlington, Hamilton and Dundas stations and consolidated service at the new Aldershot GO Station.^[4]

GO Transit closed the James Street station in 1993 and moved any remaining service to the Hamilton GO Centre,^[4] only one and a half kilometres directly south on James Street.

The Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) bought and renovated the station, and in 2000, station was reopened as LIUNA Station, an events centre with catering facilities for weddings, dances, and other special events.^[4]

See also

• The adjoining West Harbour GO Station opened in 2015.

References

1. (untitled) Archived April 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Hamilton CNR Station". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
3. "List of Designated Properties and Heritage Conservation Easements under the Ontario Heritage Act" (PDF). Hamilton's Heritage. City of Hamilton. August 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2012. (revised March 2007)
4. "CNR James Street Station/LIUNA Station". Hamilton Transit History. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

External links

• Media related to LIUNA Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Liuna Station homepage