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LIUNA Station

Convention center in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Summary

Convention center in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Field	Value
name	LIUNA Station
image	LIUNAStationHamilton.JPG
image_caption	Former CNR station building
address	360 James Street North
Hamilton, Ontario
country	Canada
coordinates
opened	1931
closed	1993
owned	LIUNA
other_services_header	Former services
other_services_collapsible	no
other_services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Via Rail
line1	Toronto-New York	left1=Burlington	right1=Grimsby	note-left1=1989–1993
line2	Toronto-New York	left2=Burlington West	right2=Grimsby	note-left2=1981–1989
system3	Canadian National Railway
line3	Grand Trunk Main	left3=Dundas	right3=Oakville
line4	Niagara Falls-Toronto	left4=Stoney Creek	right4=Aldershot
line5	Hamilton-Allandale	left5=	right5=Aldershot
line6	Owen Sound-Hamilton	left6=Dundas
line7	St. Thomas-Hamilton	left7=Rymal
system8	GO Transit
line8	Lakeshore West	left8=Aldershot	to-left8=Toronto	note-mid8=1967–1996}}

Hamilton, Ontario

LIUNA Station is a banquet and convention centre in central Hamilton, Ontario. The building opened in 1931 as Hamilton C.N.R. Station and served as a passenger and freight railway station.

History

LIUNA Station, former CN Railway James Street Station, on the east side of James Street North at Murray Street, was built between 1929 and 1931 by the Canadian National Railway to a design by architect John Schofield.

The property is one of the National Historic Sites of Canada and was designated under the federal Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act and under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by City of Hamilton By-law 95-115. Portions of the building were protected by the Ontario Heritage Trust in 1999.

In 1967, GO Transit took over CN's commuter service between Toronto and Hamilton, and in 1978 all other CN passenger service was transferred to Via Rail.

In 1992, Via Rail withdrew service from James Street Station as well as Burlington and Dundas, consolidating all service in the Hamilton-Burlington area at the new Aldershot GO Station in Burlington.

GO Transit closed the James Street station in 1993 and moved any remaining service to the Hamilton GO Centre, only one and a half kilometres directly south on James Street.

The Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) bought and renovated the station, and in 2000, station was reopened as LIUNA Station, an events centre with catering facilities for weddings, dances, and other special events. It is no longer federally protected.

References

[http://www.liunastation.com/about.html (untitled)] {{webarchive. link. (April 18, 2014)
"Hamilton CNR Station". Parks Canada.
(August 2002). "List of Designated Properties and Heritage Conservation Easements under the Ontario Heritage Act". City of Hamilton.
"CNR James Street Station/LIUNA Station". Hamilton Transit History.

Wikipedia Source

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