[1] The S&AR started at the request of a Schomberg businessman who wanted to open the local produce markets to day-trippers from Toronto.

The company was chartered in 1896,[4] and construction started out from the Bond Lake area south of Aurora in July 1899.

[6] There were four spurs, one to Mary Lake to serve a private line to the summer estates of Henry Pellatt and the Eatons (Eaton Hall), two smaller ones near Pottageville serving the Lloyd and Armstrong farms, and a small wye at Brillinger farm.

[1] The S&AR operated independently for only two years before it was absorbed into the T&YRR family,[7] part of William Mackenzie's railway empire.

The final few hundred yards were incorporated into Dr. Kay Road in Schomberg, running between Main Street and the much newer Highway 27 to the east.

Other portions have been incorporated in the nearby 19th Sideroad, a private driveway and Brule Trail, but development to the east of Highway 400 makes it more difficult to follow.