New Carlisle station (Quebec)
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| Location | 6 rue Vimy New Carlisle, Quebec[1] Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°00′25″N 65°19′23″W / 48.007°N 65.323°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 plus 2 wyes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | New Carlisle train station | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Designated | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The New Carlisle station is a closed railway station in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. It served the Montreal-Gaspé train until service was suspended east of Matapédia station in 2013 due to deteriorating track conditions. However, service to Gaspé is scheduled to resume in 2026.[2]
Heritage Information
[edit]The station is a designated Heritage Railway Station, so protected since 1994. The station was built by the Canadian National Railways in 1947. The imposing, two-storey structure was built according to a 1920s plan "for Québec stations, in which the upper floor accommodates the administrative functions of a divisional point station, in addition to the station agent’s residence." The current station was built to replace a former building, destroyed by fire. [3]
On November 9, 1942, German spy Werner von Janowski came ashore from German submarine U-518 in Chaleur Bay, four miles to the west of town. He boarded a train in the New Carlisle station which the present one replaced. He intended to travel to Montreal, but was captured almost immediately after boarding.
References
[edit]- ^ "New Carlisle Station Location & direction". Via Rail. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ "Plus de 870 M$ pour le retour du train jusqu'à Gaspé" [More than $870 million for the return of the train to Gaspé] (Press release) (in French). Gaspé, Québec: Government of Québec. 27 June 2023.
- ^ "VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station". historicplaces.ca. Parks Canada.
External links
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Media related to New Carlisle railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Via Rail station page for New Carlisle station (Quebec)
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