Cliffside station

Last updated
Cliffside
Inter-city rail
General information
LocationCliffside, BC
Canada
Coordinates 48°37′11″N123°37′31″W / 48.6197°N 123.625278°W / 48.6197; -123.625278
Line(s) Dayliner
Platforms0
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeFlag stop
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened1886
ClosedAugust 12, 2011
Former services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Strathcona Lodge
toward Courtenay
Victoria–Courtenay Malahat
toward Victoria
Preceding station Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Following station
Strathcona
toward Courtenay
Main Line Malahat
toward Victoria

Cliffside station is a railway station located in Cliffside, British Columbia, on the east side of Shawnigan Lake. The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner service. [1] The service has been indefinitely suspended since 2011. [2]

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References

  1. "Cliffside train station | VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  2. "E&N; rail service doomed without huge injection of government cash says operators". 2012-03-27. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-11.