Terrace station
Railway station in British Columbia, Canada
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Terrace station is a Via Rail station on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train.[1]
Terrace, British Columbia
V8G 4L1
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| Location | 3100 Kalum Street Terrace, British Columbia V8G 4L1 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°30′53″N 128°35′12″W | ||||||||||
| Line | Jasper–Prince Rupert train | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Shelter | ||||||||||
| Parking | available | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
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History
In late October 1910, the eastward advance of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway rail head from Prince Rupert reached the Kitsumkalum River.[2] In early November 1910, tracklaying passed over this completed bridge at Mile 91[3] and through mile 100 (Vanarsdol).[4]
In 1911, the standard-design Plan 100‐152 (Bohi's Type E) station building was erected.[5] The next year, when a roadmaster riding eastward on a railway motorcycle collided with an oncoming locomotive, he was fatally flung into the Skeena.[6]
In 1927, a falling rock about one mile east of Terrace crashed through the roof of a westbound Canadian National Railway (CN) baggage car killing an employee.[7] In 1929, an addition to the station enlarged the waiting room and the agent accommodation.[8]
In June 1955, a Prince Rupert–Kitimat passenger shuttle began on a trial basis, which replaced the Kitimat mixed train.[9] The line officially opened the next month,[10] and the Kitimat station was completed later in the year.[11]
In April 1957, the shuttle discontinued west of Terrace.[12] In April 1958, when passenger rail was discontinued to Kitimat,[13] a private bus operator took over the route.[14] In 1988, Via Rail erected a stationette.[15][16]
Built around 1914 and designated a national historic site in 1982,[17] the George Little House was moved to its present location in 2004.[18] The next year, the renovated main floor became tourism facilities and the Via Rail waiting room, replacing the stationette.[19]
