Nanaimo station (Via Rail)

Railway station in British Columbia, Canada

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Nanaimo

Nanaimo Station with a Budd RDC in 2009, before closure.

General information
Location| 336 Prideaux Street
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates| 49°09′50″N 123°56′33″W﻿ / ﻿49.1638°N 123.9424°W﻿ / 49.1638; -123.9424
Platforms| 1
Tracks| 1
Construction
Structure type| Railway station
Parking| Yes
Bicycle facilities| No
Accessible| Yes
History
Opened| January 1, 1920; 105 years ago (1920-01-01)
Closed| August 12, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-12)
Former services
| Preceding station  |  Via Rail | Following station

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Wellington

toward Courtenay

|  | Victoria–Courtenay |  | Starks

toward Victoria

Preceding station  | Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway | Following station
Northfield

toward Courtenay

|  | Main Line  |  | Starks

toward Victoria

Location

Nanaimo station is a former railway station in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The station was a stop on the Via Rail Dayliner service, which closed indefinitely in 2011. The station is located at 336 Prideaux Street, Nanaimo.

## History

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Nanaimo station was the original northern terminus of the E&N railway when the line entered service in 1886. By the following year the line was extended north to Wellington, which became the new terminus. The current one/two-storey stucco and wood building station building featuring a central square tower, was built in 1920 to replace an earlier station building.[1] The building is a more complex version of the CPR Standard Plan No. 9 design. The original design was intended to support commercial operations on the main floor with living quarters for railway employees on the second floor.

## Closure

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On March 19, 2011, Via Rail suspended service indefinitely due to poor track conditions on the line outside Nanaimo and replaced it with a bus service. Eventually, on August 12, 2011, the bus service ended and the station closed indefinitely.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station". Heritage Properties. Historical Places - A Joint Federal, Provincial and Territorial Initiative. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
2. ^ "Old Canadian Train Stations, British columbia and the Territories". yourrailwaypictures.com. Retrieved 2022-01-22.