Victoria railway station (British Columbia)
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450 Pandora Ave. Victoria, British Columbia Canada | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°25′42″N 123°22′14″W / 48.4283°N 123.3706°WCoordinates: 48°25′42″N 123°22′14″W / 48.4283°N 123.3706°W | |||||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1888 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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The Victoria railway station was in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, on the east end of the Johnson Street Bridge. The station was the southern terminus for VIA Rail's Victoria–Courtenay train dayliner service, which has been indefinitely suspended since 2011.
Timeline
- 1886: E&N Railway starts passenger service from Esquimalt to Nanaimo.[1]
- 1888: Passenger service extended from Esquimalt to a new terminus at Victoria.
- 1905: E&N Railway sold to the CPR.[2]
- 1979: VIA Rail takes over operation of passenger service.[1]
- March 19, 2011: Victoria–Courtenay service suspended.
- March 31, 2011: The rail portion of the bridge was closed.
- August 7, 2011: The service's temporary bus replacement was discontinued.
- August 12, 2011: The station closed.[3]
References
- 1 2 Canadian Railroad Historical Association
- ↑ BC Archives: Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway
- ↑ "Via Rail closing Victoria station". Times Colonist. August 11, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
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