Dunsmuir station (British Columbia)

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Dunsmuir
inter-city rail
General information
LocationHorne Lake Road, Dunsmuir, BC, Canada
Coordinates 49°23′11″N124°36′45″W / 49.38639°N 124.61250°W / 49.38639; -124.61250
Construction
Structure typeSign Post
History
Opened1918
Former services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Deep Bay
toward Courtenay
Victoria–Courtenay Qualicum Beach
toward Victoria
Preceding station Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Following station
Bowser
toward Courtenay
Main Line Dashwood
toward Victoria

The Dunsmuir station is located in Dunsmuir, British Columbia. The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner service. [1] The station is on the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island mainline, first appearing in railway maps in 1918. The station is named after Robert Dunsmuir, one of the early founders of the railway. [2] Service ended in 2011.

Footnotes

  1. "Victoria-Courtenay train – Description | VIA Rail". Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  2. "Dunsmuir". BC Geographical Names .

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