Allandale25
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Posted by Matthew on the Bruce Rails group on Groups.IO.
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Collingwoodbuildinglover
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Kind of hard for them to use a railway that has been almost completely torn up
lenaitch
Senior Member
The part that is in service is still in service. Their webpage does say 19km between Utopia and Barrie.
Part of me wonders why they haven't changed the corporate name, but perhaps they have decided it isn't worth the legal costs for very little gain.
Part of me wonders why they haven't changed the corporate name, but perhaps they have decided it isn't worth the legal costs for very little gain.
micheal_can
Senior Member
My guess is the legal costs make it not worth it. If they still legally own the ROW to Collingwood, then there is no reason to change it. It may also be in their business plan for the future to build up the need to relay tracks to Collingwoodas far as they can.
lenaitch
Senior Member
They do not. The County of Simcoe bought the ROW between Utopia and Collingwood in 2018, so it is no longer owned by a railway entity. No clue what their long-range plans are, if they have any, other than a trail, but much of the ROW does contain a large water trunk from Collingwood that supply the Town of New Tecumseth.
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
Just at a curiosity, has Phase 1 of the Barrie-Collingwood Rail Trail from Stayner to New Lowell been completed? Simcoe County's website stated it would be completed by March 2025 while Phase 2 from New Lowell to Angus would be completed in Spring 2026. I was thinking of eventually doing a ride from Barrie to Collingwood to check this out.
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Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY) Active Transportation Trail - Simcoe County
Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY) Active Transportation Trail The County has the opportunity to convert a 23 km stretch
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nfitz
Superstar
Toronto hasn't had a Liberal mayor this century!
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
The contract for building Phase 2 of the Barrie Collingwood Railway Active Transportation Trail was recently awarded per this newsletter link. Construction was expected to start on the week of May 26 and continue into Fall 2025.
May have to do this trail next year.
May have to do this trail next year.
Collingwoodbuildinglover
Senior Member
Yeah well I hope they can hurry up on this project because the state of the trail and Collingwood is literally flooding my property in Nottawa The trail from Stayner to Collingwood needs a lot of drainage work The ditches are completely overgrown and most of the trail is in pretty bad shape as well they haven't removed all the track it's just got trees growing through it
ShonTron
Moderator
Bringing it to 5th Line in Angus provides a few options for getting to Barrie. Highway 90, when it was widened by Simcoe County, has wide paved shoulders. It's only up to Barrie to improve Tiffin Street to get to Allandale and the waterfront at that point.
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
The project website has added this update regarding Phase 1 from Stayner to New Lowell:
I also heard from the County of Simcoe recently that they are targeting November 2025 completion for the Phase 2 trail from New Lowell to Angus with a public opening expected in Spring 2026.
I also heard from the County of Simcoe recently that they are targeting November 2025 completion for the Phase 2 trail from New Lowell to Angus with a public opening expected in Spring 2026.
Wm Perkins Bull
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A much easier lift than rebuilding the railway is to pay for LINX to move to Presto and enter into a connecting link agreement with Simcoe County to operate enhanced bus service to Barrie. Presumably they would be interested in free money to operate enhanced service to the big city in the county.
OntarioOnTheMove
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Northern Transformer Breaks Ground on Large Power Transformer Facility
Northern Transformer Breaks Ground for Additional State-of-the-Art Facility in Ontario to Expand Large Power Transformer Capabilities.Maple, Ontario – September 18, 2025Figure 1 – Conceptual Render of Innisfil FacilityNorthern Transformer Corporation, a leading Canadian manufacturer of...
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A new shipper for the BCRY, Northern Transformer will be building a plant in Innisfil Heights off of 9 Line.
Operations are expected to begin in 2028.
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TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
So that explains why the Thornton Cookstown Trail ends opposite of the Gateway Innisfil Casino!Northern Transformer Breaks Ground on Large Power Transformer Facility
Northern Transformer Breaks Ground for Additional State-of-the-Art Facility in Ontario to Expand Large Power Transformer Capabilities.Maple, Ontario – September 18, 2025Figure 1 – Conceptual Render of Innisfil FacilityNorthern Transformer Corporation, a leading Canadian manufacturer of...
Northern Transformer Breaks Ground on Large Power Transformer Facility
Northern Transformer Breaks Ground for Additional State-of-the-Art Facility in Ontario to Expand Large Power Transformer Capabilities.Maple, Ontario – September 18, 2025Figure 1 – Conceptual Render of Innisfil FacilityNorthern Transformer Corporation, a leading Canadian manufacturer of...
3260 9th Line · Innisfil, Ontario
A new shipper for the BCRY, Northern Transformer will be building a plant in Innisfil Heights off of 9 Line.
Operations are expected to begin in 2028.
I know Simcoe County's trail strategy showed the BCRY being converted to a rail trail from Stayner to the Barrie city limits, but east of Angus/Utopia would have to wait until that part of the BCRY shuts down. Sounds like it could be a while before that happens if they're doing this kind of investment.
lenaitch
Senior Member
I think you might be misinterpreting the trail strategy. It is already proposed to establish a trail beside the active BCR east of Utopia (west of Utopia the railway no longer exists) towards Barrie. I'm not sure if anyone is advocating shutting down an active rail corridor along with its customers for the sake of a trail.
I don't know why the Cookstown-Thornton trail ends at the casino.
Keep in mind that the establishment of a trail requires agreements with the property owner. Obviously, where the land is owned by the county (as in the former BCR west of Utopia) it is comparatively easy. If it is owned by a member municipality, which I believe is the case of the Cookstown-Thornton trail, possibly a little more convoluted. The City of Barrie is not part of Simcoe County, so agreements might be more complex.