Windsor was a train station in

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, Canada. The station was built by the

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in 1911 and subsequently controlled by the

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. The station served Canada Southern Railway and

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trains. Windsor also has another railroad station in town. Through most of its decades, and into the latter 1960s, the station served New York Central passenger trains over a New York–Buffalo–Windsor–Detroit–Jackson–Chicago route: the ''

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'' and the ''

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.'' It also served trains bound for a slightly more northerly route east: to

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and

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: the New York Central-Canadian Pacific pooled train, the ''

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'' (later renamed the ''Canadian-Niagara''). The last train service to this station was

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's '' Niagara Rainbow'' from October 1978 to January 31, 1979. The building was burnt to the ground in 1996 due to

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Windsor, Ontario (USA RailGuide – TrainWeb)
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