Kentville Station
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Kentville | ||
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| Location | Kentville, Nova Scotia Canada | |
| Owned by | Dominion Atlantic Railway | |
| Platforms | 1 | |
| Tracks | 4 | |
| Train operators | Dominion Atlantic Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Via Rail | |
| Former Services | ||
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The Kentville Station was a historical railway station in Kentville, Nova Scotia. The station was completed in September of 1870 and served passenger service as well as the headquarters of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. The railway station in Kentville served to grow the town immensely. The town's population rose from just 664 to 1,779 due to the railway[1]. The station went through several different stages with different add-ons and paint colours being added.[2] Passenger services at Kentville were served by the Dominion Atlantic Railway from it's opening in 1870 to 1978, when Via Rail assumed all Canadian Pacific Railway's passenger services[3]. Finally, passenger service to Kentville concluded in January 1990 when budget cuts to Via Rail forced the abandonment of the service[4][5]. Canadian Pacific then abandoned the line in 1993, with the last freight train departing Kentville on September 16, 1993.[6]
New VIA Rail Station[edit]
In May of 1988 VIA Rail moved its passenger services from the old wooden building to a smaller brick building just down the street, due to the deteriorating state of the wooden structure. The station was used for just a year and a half before service ceased and was part of the last run.[7] The building now serves as a history museum for Kentville and the Dominion Atlantic Railway.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Story of Kentville". February 6, 2021.
- ↑ Windsor and Annapolis Railway [microform] : Report of Alexander MacNab, C.E. 1873. ISBN 978-0-665-25953-1. Search this book on
- ↑ "Our story | VIA Rail". corpo.viarail.ca.
- ↑ "Atlantic Canada Passenger Trains – David Othen – Traingeek – Trains and Photography".
- ↑ "The History of VIA Rail Canada - Rail Fans Canada".
- ↑ "Dominion Atlantic Railway".
- ↑ "Railpictures.ca - Bill Linley Photo: Today, January 14, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the Conservative federal government's drastic cuts to passenger service across Canada. On that day every regional service in Atlantic Canada was summarily shut down. Beginning on Monday, January 15, only a single train ran from Halifax to Montreal. Here on January 13, we see the last run of Yarmouth – Halifax Train 152 about to depart Kentville at 10.40 a.m. RDC's 6119 and 6143 were in charge. Notice the new VIA station that had opened in May 1988 and the old DAR station in the background. A truly shameful day for public transportation in Canada! Not a single scheduled service has been introduced east of Quebec City in the intervening thirty years save for a short, tourist-oriented venture with the Province of Nova Scotia. This was the Halifax-Sydney Bras d'Or. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography – photographie ferroviaire Canadienne".
- ↑ "Kentville Historical Society". The Town of Kentville.
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