Gare du Palais
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Quebec City Railway Station (Gare du Palais) Via Rail (inter-city rail) |
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Gare du Palais, in downtown Quebec City |
|||||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||||
| Address | 450 rue de la Gare du Palais Québec,QC |
||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°49′03″N 71°12′50″W / 46.8174°N 71.2139°WCoordinates: 46°49′03″N 71°12′50″W / 46.8174°N 71.2139°W | ||||||||||
| Lines | |||||||||||
| Connections | Orléans Express RTC |
||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Via Rail | ||||||||||
| Formerly | Canadian Pacific Railway | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Gare du Palais (‘Palace Station’) is a train and bus station in Quebec City, Canada. Its name comes from its proximity to the Palace of the Intendant of New France. It is served by Via Rail, Canada’s national passenger railway, and by the private coach company Orléans Express.
Built in 1915 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the two-storey châteauesque station is similar in design to the Château Frontenac. The station had no passenger rail service from 1976 to 1985, although it once again hosts regular daily services west to Montreal's Central Station via Drummondville.[1] It was designated a Heritage Railway Station in 1992.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Québec (mai 2001)
- ^ "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - Heritage Railway Stations - List of designated stations in Quebec". Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. 2006-03-17. http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/gfp-hrs/qc_e.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
[edit] External links
Media related to Gare du Palais at Wikimedia Commons
 |
This Quebec City-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
