Kamloops station

Railway station in Kamloops, Canada

Not to be confused with Kamloops North station.

Kamloops

General information
Location| 500 Lorne St, Kamloops, British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates| 50°40′43.6″N 120°19′47″W﻿ / ﻿50.678778°N 120.32972°W﻿ / 50.678778; -120.32972
Construction
Structure type| 2 storey heritage building
History
Opened| 1927
Previous names|

* Canadian National Railway
* Via Rail

Services
| Preceding station  | Rocky Mountaineer | Following station

|
|

Rocky Mountaineer

Terminus

|  | First Passage to the West |  | Lake Louise

towards Banff

| Journey Through the Clouds |  | Jasper

Terminus

Former services

| Preceding station  |  Via Rail | Following station

|
|

Kamloops Junction

toward Vancouver

|  | The Canadian

before 1990

|  | Lake Louise

toward Toronto

Preceding station  | Rocky Mountaineer | Following station
Rocky Mountaineer

towards Seattle

|  | Coastal Passage |  | Lake Louise

towards Banff

Jasper

Terminus

Preceding station  | Canadian National Railway | Following station
Kamloops Junction

Terminus

|  | Kamloops Branch  |  | Kelowna

Terminus

Location

Kamloops

Location within British Columbia

Show map of British Columbia

Kamloops

Kamloops (Canada)

Show map of Canada

Kamloops station is a railway station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the overnight stopover point for the Rocky Mountaineer train service to Jasper and Banff from Vancouver.[1]

The station circa 1927

The station was originally built for Canadian National Railway[2] The station was declared a Heritage Railway Station in 1992.[3] Via Rail trains call at the Kamloops North station, not this station. The station building was restored and was previously home to a location of The Keg.[4] As of 2021, it is being remodelled as a local distillery and restaurant.[5]

The Kamloops Heritage Railway offers special excursion steam trains at various times through the year, trains depart from the station with tickets sold from their ticket office at 5-510 Lorne Street near the station.[6]

## See also

[edit]

* List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Rocky Mountaineer Schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
2. ^ Heritage Designation[permanent dead link‍]
3. ^ List of Designated Heritage Railway Stations  Archived 2006-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "Kamloops Heritage Railway - Spirit of Kamloops". Kamloops Heritage Railway. Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
5. ^ Holliday, Kristen (April 29, 2021). "New distillery welcomed - Businesses near historic CN railway building say they look forward to welcoming new neighbours". Castanet Kamloops. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
6. ^ "Kamloops Heritage Railway - Location". Kamloops Heritage Railway. Archived from the original on 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2011-02-24.

* v
* t
* e

Stations of the Rocky Mountaineer

First Passage to the West|

* Rocky Mountaineer
* Kamloops
* Lake Louise
* Banff

Journey through the Clouds|

* Rocky Mountaineer
* Kamloops
* Jasper

Rainforest to Gold Rush|

* North Vancouver
* Whistler
* Quesnel
* Jasper

Rockies to the Red Rocks|

* Moab
* Glenwood Springs
* Denver

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template