RAILWAY & STATIONS In 1867 a charter was given to build a railway from Whitby to Port Perry. The first sod was turned October 6th 1869 by H.R.H. Prince Arthur, son of Queen Victoria. A handsome silver spade and a birdseye maple wheelbarrow, specially prepared for the occasion, were brought into requisition, and the Prince, with ease and deliberation, performed the ceremony of turning the first sod of the Whitby and Port Perry Railway amidst ringing shouts of applause. On October 7th, 1871, the first train ran through Brooklin. The first station was just north of the Winchester Hotel site, now Mrs. Wm. Watson's home. The train time-table at Brooklin in 1886 - Goirg South - 7.45 A.M. 12.15 noon and 8.39 P.M. " North - 7.45 A.M. 4.25 P.M. and 7.21 P.M. Later another station and freight sheds were built on east side of railway, south of the 6th Con. corner. It was all painted dark red. Later, about 1895, a new up-to-date station and freight sheds were built on west side of car tracks opposite the old station site.