Portage la Prairie station
Portage la Prairie | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 130 Fisher Avenue Portage la Prairie, MB Canada | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°58′38″N 98°17′17″W / 49.97722°N 98.28806°WCoordinates: 49°58′38″N 98°17′17″W / 49.97722°N 98.28806°W | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Shelter | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1908 | |||||||||||||||
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The Portage la Prairie station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's transcontinental Canadian, and the Winnipeg–Churchill train.[1] The station operates as a flag stop for the Canadian, with 48-hour advance notice. It is a regular stop on the Winnipeg-Churchill route. Formerly uses as Greyhound bus stop until early 2000s then moved to Portage la Prairie Mall.
The station was designated a national historic site in 1992.[2] The one story brick building was built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the as a union station in 1908.[3]
Also designated a national historic site is the Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway Station that no longer provides passenger services but operates as a museum.
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Portage la Prairie train station | VIA Rail".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Via Rail/Canadian National Railways Station Fisher Avenue East, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada". Canada's Historic Places - a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
External links[]
- Via Rail stations in Manitoba
- Railway stations in Manitoba
- Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Manitoba
- Railway stations in Canada opened in 1908
- Union stations in Canada
- Portage la Prairie
- 1908 establishments in Manitoba