Hinton station (Alberta)
Hinton | |||||||||||
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 Shelter at Hinton | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway | ||||||||||
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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 three times per week in each direction as a flag stop (48 hours advance notice required).[1] The station was opened in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. In 2003 the station building was moved to its current location where it became the Northern Rocky Museum of Cultural Heritage.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Hinton train station". www.viarail.ca.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "| Hinton, AB - Official Website". www.hinton.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
External links
Media related to Hinton, Alberta railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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