New Carlisle station (Quebec)

New Carlisle
Location	6 rue Vimy New Carlisle, Quebec[1] Canada
Coordinates	48°00′25″N 65°19′23″W / 48.007°N 65.323°W / 48.007; -65.323Coordinates: 48°00′25″N 65°19′23″W / 48.007°N 65.323°W / 48.007; -65.323
Tracks	3 plus 2 wyes
Other information
Website	New Carlisle train station
History
Opened	1947
Closed	2013
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Bonaventure toward Montreal Montreal–Gaspé Port-Daniel toward Gaspé
Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
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.

Heritage Information[]

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. ^[2]

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[]

External links[]

• Media related to New Carlisle railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Via Rail station page for New Carlisle station (Quebec)

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