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Halton County Radial Railway profile

By Lucas Iverson | May 25, 2023

| Last updated on September 13, 2023

Canada’s pre-eminent trolley museum brings the streetcar era to life with the help of the largest collection of operable streetcars in the country.

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Halton County Radial Railway logoCanada’s pre-eminent trolley museum brings the streetcar era to life with the help of the largest collection of operable streetcars in the country. The Halton County Radial Railway’s streetcars, radial cars, and work cars operate over a rebuilt portion of a long-abandoned interurban railway.

Choices

Streetcars, such as Toronto Transit Commission No. 2894, travel over a short track on a 20-minute ride through a forest. The railway features four display barns filled with 75 pieces of equipment that, in addition to streetcars, include freight cars, passenger coaches, buses, and locomotives. Most of the streetcars were built in the early 20th century.

When to go

Streetcars operate on weekends and holidays from May to October and daily during July and August. A number of special events are part of the season.

Streetcar decorated with holiday lights at station
Santa is aboard Peter Witt car No. 2894 at the Meadowvale station during Christmas on the Rails at the Halton County Radial Railway Museum. Stephen C. Host

Good to know

Admission includes unlimited streetcar rides and access to the exhibits displayed in the carbarns and Rockwood Station, which was built in 1912 for the Grand Trunk Railway. You can also enjoy a picnic lunch on the railway’s grounds.

Worth doing

Take advantage of the unlimited rides offered with your admission and sample intraurban and interurban travel on the different cars in operation on the day of your visit.

Don’t miss

Take a break on your trolley ride with a stop at the ice cream shop at the outer loop and return to the main grounds in a different car.

Getting there

Milton is 25 miles west of Toronto on Highway 401. From Highway 401, take Exit 312 and go north on Guelph Line until you reach the museum. It is also the terminus of Toronto’s Milton commuter train line.

Location: 13629 Guelph Line, Milton, ON
Phone: 519-856-9802
Website: hcry.org
E-mail: streetcar@hcry.org

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