Edson station

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Edson
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General information
Location5001-1st Avenue West,
Edson, Alberta,
Canada
Coordinates 53°34′47″N116°25′49″W / 53.5797°N 116.4302°W / 53.5797; -116.4302 Coordinates: 53°34′47″N116°25′49″W / 53.5797°N 116.4302°W / 53.5797; -116.4302
Platforms1 side platform
Construction
Structure typeSign post
Parkingshort term
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Hinton
toward Vancouver
Canadian Evansburg
toward Toronto
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Ansell
toward Vancouver
Main Line Yates
toward Montreal

The Edson station is a Via Rail station in Edson, Alberta, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway and serves Via Rail's The Canadian as a flag stop (48 hours advance notice required). [1]

Footnotes

  1. "Edson train station | VIA Rail".


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