Humboldt | ||||||||||||||||
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 CNR Humboldt Station, circa 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 5th Avenue (at 9th St.) Humboldt, Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Canadian Northern Railway (former) Canadian National Railway Via Rail (former service) | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1905 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1980 | |||||||||||||||
| Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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The Humboldt station is a former railway station in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. It was built by the Canadian Northern Railway along the Winnipeg to Edmonton mainline. The 1+1⁄2-story, wood-frame, railway station was completed in 1905.[1] The last CNR passenger train (#9 and #10) ended service in 1963 with service restored in 1978; Via Rail railliner served the station in 1980.[2] The building was designated a historic railway station in 1992.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Canadian Historic Places Register
- ↑ "History of Humboldt" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ↑ Designation as Historic railway station Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
52°11′51″N 105°07′30″W / 52.1975°N 105.1250°W
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