Boston Bar station

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Boston Bar
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LocationBoston Bar, BC
Canada
Coordinates 49°52′9.811″N121°26′40.772″W / 49.86939194°N 121.44465889°W / 49.86939194; -121.44465889 [1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2p
Construction
Structure typeSign post
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Hope
toward Vancouver
The Canadian Ashcroft
One-way operation
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Gorge
toward Vancouver
Main Line Boothroyd
toward Montreal
Location
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Boston Bar
Location within British Columbia
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Boston Bar
Boston Bar (Canada)
Boston Bar station

Boston Bar station is a railway station in Boston Bar, British Columbia, Canada, located at the border of CN's Ashcroft subdivision.

The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian as a flag stop (48-hour advance notice required). [2] The station is only served by westbound trains towards Vancouver. Eastbound trains call at North Bend railway station along the CPR tracks, on the other side of the Fraser River. This split in service between Vancouver and Ashcroft is due to CN and CPR utilizing directional running through the Thompson- and Fraser Canyon.

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References

  1. "Boston Bar". BC Geographical Names .
  2. "Boston Bar train station". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-22.