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Right behind Miniature Printerland, not more than 100 feet from our 3D printers, runs the Metrolinx Barrie GO line. This commuter rail line runs from Toronto's Union Station to Barrie, ON 55 miles to the North and sees 24 passenger trains per day. As Barrie is a bedroom community, the morning trains are mainly southbound to Union and afternoon trains are mainly headed back home northward to Barrie.
Rails first extended north from Toronto towards Barrie in 1852, when construction began on the Ontario, Simcoe & Northern Railway. Passenger train operation between Toronto and Aurora (then known as Machell's Corners) started on May 16, 1853. On October 11, 1853, service extended north to Barrie. The line would continue north to Collingwood.
Grand Trunk Railway took over operations of the line in 1888 and was itself absorbed by Canadian National in 1923. Passenger service on the line was primarily long-distance and not commuter-related, with Barrie a stop on the way between Toronto and points north, like Collingwood, North Bay and Sudbury. It was only on April 1, 1972, that Canadian National introduced a dedicated commuter service between Barrie and Toronto -- at the orders of the Canadian Transportation Commission. When the federal government transferred the nation's rail passenger operations to VIA Rail, VIA trains took over the commuter run in 1978.
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