The Hinton station is a Via Rail station in Hinton, Alberta. It is on the Canadian National Railway mainline and is served by Via Rail's The Canadian as a flag stop (48 hours advance notice required).[1]
Hinton | |||||||||||
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 Shelter at Hinton | |||||||||||
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| Location | Highway 16 & Switzer Drive, Hinton, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°24′04″N 117°35′18″W / 53.4010°N 117.5884°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Shelter | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway | ||||||||||
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The station was opened in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. In 2003, the station building was moved to its current location on Gregg Avenue, where it became the Northern Rockies Museum of Culture and Heritage.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Hinton train station". www.viarail.ca.
- ^ "Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Train Station". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ "| Hinton, AB - Official Website". www.hinton.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
External links
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