Credit Valley Railway

Credit Valley Railway

CVR station in Streetsville. A new station was built in 1914, and the original building was moved to a different location.
Reporting mark	CVR
Locale	Ontario
Dates of operation	1871–1883
Successor	Canadian Pacific Railway
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Previous gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

The Credit Valley Railway was a historical Canadian railway located in Ontario. Chartered in 1871 by Ontario railway magnate George Laidlaw, it operated as an independent company until 1883 when it was leased by the Ontario and Quebec Railway, a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) operating company building a network of lines in southern Ontario.

The section from Toronto to St. Thomas remains in use as the CPR mainline through Ontario, forming portions of what is now the Galt and Windsor Subdivisions. The branch to Orangeville is currently operated as the Orangeville Brampton Railway. The Elora branch was abandoned and converted to rail trail use.

Following initial discussions held in Milton and Brampton in 1870, the Credit Valley Railway was incorporated by Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1871, authorized to build a railway line from Toronto to Orangeville, with branches to Milton, Galt (today part of Cambridge), Berlin (Kitchener) and Waterloo. Later Acts authorized further branches from the Forks of the Credit to Salem, and from Galt to St. Thomas, where it would connect with the Canada Southern Railway. There was also discussion on extending the line to Port Burwell.