Tower Centre

Tower Centre
Tower Centre
Former Rocky Mountaineer station
	A Via Rail train at the station in 1982
Location	131 9th Ave Southwest ; Calgary, AB
Coordinates	51°02′39″N 114°03′47″W / 51.0441°N 114.0631°W
Owned by	Aspen Properties
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	1,403 above ground stalls
Other information
Status	Disused
Website	Tower Centre
History
Opened	1967 (as Canadian Pacific Railway station)
Closed	January 1990 (as Via Rail station)
Previous names	Canadian Pacific Railway; Via Rail; Rocky Mountaineer;
Former services
Location
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Tower Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is an office tower and retail centre connected to the Calgary Tower. It is only three minutes on foot from the CTrain's 1 Street Southwest station and Centre Street station.

Former Railway Services[]

Below the office tower and retail centre are the remains of a disused inter-city railway station formerly used by Canadian Pacific Railway, Via Rail, Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific passenger train services.^[2] The station is located on the Canadian Pacific Railway line.

The station was completed in 1967 to serve the Canadian Pacific Railway. Following Via Rail's takeover of Canadian Pacific's passenger services, it was managed by Via Rail until the company's 1990 service reductions ended regular rail services to Calgary. Afterwards, both Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific used the station intermittently for several years as a boarding point for their rail tours.^[3]

References[]

^ "TOWER CENTRE | Calgary". Aspen Properties. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Departure and Arrival Schedules & Information, for days on the train". Rocky Mountaineer. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
^ "Old Canadian Train Stations, Western Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta". www.yourrailwaypictures.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links[]

All Aboard! When Calgary had whistle stops and other rail rarities (CBC News)
Old Canadian Train Stations, Western Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
VIA Rail Station under Calgary Tower (Imgur) - Photos of the former train station in 2017

[1] "TOWER CENTRE | Calgary". Aspen Properties. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[2] "Departure and Arrival Schedules & Information, for days on the train". Rocky Mountaineer. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.

[3] "Old Canadian Train Stations, Western Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta". www.yourrailwaypictures.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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