History
Most of the current OBRY route was built in the 1870s by the Credit Valley Railway (CVR), with construction completed to Orangeville (with a branch to Elora) in 1879. The CVR was purchased by the CPR, which joined the tracks of the CVR with a former rival, the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway (TGB), at Orangeville, in effect extending the line north from Orangeville to the TGB's terminus in Owen Sound.
Scheduled passenger service between Toronto and Owen Sound via Brampton and Orangeville ended in 1970, the Elora branch was abandoned in 1987, and the Orangeville-Owen Sound trackage was abandoned in 1995.
The Town of Orangeville purchased the Missisauga-Orangeville trackage from the CPR in 2000 to ensure the line's continued existence. The line is now managed by the Orangeville Brampton Rail Development Corporation.
Read more about this topic: Orangeville Brampton Railway
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