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Railway station in Jasper, Canada
Jasper
General information
Location607 Connaught Drive, Jasper, Alberta
Canada
Coordinates52°52′34″N 118°4′47″W / 52.87611°N 118.07972°W / 52.87611; -118.07972
Owned byParks Canada
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus interchange Ebus
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed station
Station codeJASP
IATA codeXDH
WebsiteJasper train station
History
Opened1926; 99 years ago (1926)
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Valemounttoward Vancouver The Canadian Hintontoward Toronto
Harveytoward Prince Rupert Jasper–Prince Rupert Terminus
Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station
Kamloopstowards Rocky Mountaineer Journey Through the Clouds Terminus
Quesneltowards North Vancouver Rainforest to Gold Rush
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Wyndtoward Vancouver Main line Henry Housetoward Montreal
Geikietoward Prince Rupert Prince Rupert – Jasper Terminus
Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station
Quesneltowards North Vancouver Coastal Passage Terminus
Kamloopstowards Seattle
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
VancouverTerminus Super Continental Edmontontoward Toronto
Location
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Jasper station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Jasper, Alberta. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian and is the eastern terminus for the Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train. The Rocky Mountaineer company trains such as the Journey through the Clouds use the station as a terminus, these trains continue to Quesnel railway station.

History

Two Goldleaf double-deck panorama cars of the Rocky Mountaineer in the station of Jasper
Canadian National 4-8-2 No 6015 preserved at Jasper

Jasper was created as a railway siding in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It was originally called Fitzhugh, part of the Grand Trunk Pacific's alphabet line, but was renamed in 1913 when the townsite was surveyed. By 1913 both the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Northern Railway called on Jasper. By 1923 the CNoR and the GTPR were taken oven by the Canadian government and merged into the Canadian National Railway, which continued to use the old GTPR station until it burned down during the winter of 1924–25.

The current station was constructed by the CNR in 1926. The station was declared a heritage railway station by the federal government in 1992.

See also

References

  1. "AB Schedule | Ebus".
  2. "Jasper Alberta Information Centre History". albertajasper.com. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. "Bullet Nosed Betty Returns To Jasper Heritage Railway Station". West Coast Railway Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  4. "The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Alberta". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-22.

External links

Stations of the Rocky Mountaineer
First Passage to the West
Journey through the Clouds
Rainforest to Gold Rush
Rockies to the Red Rocks
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