Humboldt station (Saskatchewan)
Appearance
Humboldt | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 5th Avenue (at 9th St.) Humboldt, Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Canadian Northern Railway (former) Canadian National Railway Via Rail (former service) | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1905 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1980 | |||||||||||||||
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The Humboldt station is a former railway station in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. It was built by the Canadian Northern Railway along the Winnipeg to Edmonton mainline. The 1+1⁄2-story, wood-frame, railway station was completed in 1905.[1] The last CNR passenger train (#9 and #10) ended service in 1963 with service restored in 1978; Via Rail railliner served the station in 1980.[2] The building was designated a historic railway station in 1992.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Canadian Historic Places Register
- ^ "History of Humboldt" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ Designation as Historic railway station Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
52°11′51″N 105°07′30″W / 52.1975°N 105.1250°W
Categories:
- Designated heritage railway stations in Saskatchewan
- Canadian National Railway stations in Saskatchewan
- Canadian Northern Railway stations in Saskatchewan
- Railway stations in Canada opened in 1905
- Railway stations closed in 1980
- Disused railway stations in Canada
- Humboldt, Saskatchewan
- 1905 establishments in Saskatchewan
- Canadian railway station stubs
- Saskatchewan building and structure stubs
- Saskatchewan transport stubs