Portage la Prairie station (Canadian National Railway)
The Portage la Prairie station is a railway station in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, currently served by Via Rail's transcontinental Canadian, and the Winnipeg–Churchill train.[1]
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| Location | 130 Fisher Avenue Portage la Prairie, MB Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°58′38″N 98°17′17″W / 49.97722°N 98.28806°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Shelter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A one-story brick building, the station operates as a flag stop for the Canadian, with 24-hour advance notice recommended, as well as being a regular stop on the Winnipeg-Churchill route.
It was originally served by the Canadian National Railway mainline.
Also designated a national historic site is the Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway Station that no longer provides passenger services but operates as a museum.
History
editThis Portage la Prairie station was built in 1908 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (predecessor of the Canadian National Railway) and the Midland Railway of Manitoba as a union station.[2]
The station was designated a national historic site in 1992.[3]
It was formerly used as a Greyhound bus stop until the early 2000s when it moved to Portage la Prairie Mall. Greyhound Canada service later ended in Western Canada on October 31, 2018.
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Portage la Prairie train station | VIA Rail".
- ^ "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
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