Cowichan station

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Cowichan
Inter-city rail
Cowichan Station Passenger Shelter.png
Cowichan Station Passenger Shelter in 2022
General information
LocationCowichan Station Road
Cowichan, BC
Canada
Coordinates 48°43′48″N123°40′10″W / 48.7299°N 123.6694°W / 48.7299; -123.6694
Line(s) Dayliner
Construction
Structure typeFlagstop
ParkingYes
Former services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Duncan
toward Courtenay
Victoria–Courtenay Hillbank
toward Victoria
Preceding station Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Following station
Koksilah
toward Courtenay
Main Line Hillbank
toward Victoria

Cowichan station is a former railway station in the Cowichan Valley Regional District of British Columbia. [1] The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner service. [2] The station and line closed in 2011 due to poor track conditions. [3]

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References

  1. "Cowichan train station | VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. "Cowichan Station | Home of The HUB". cowichanstation.org. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. "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 2022-01-29.