Farlane station

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Farlane
Farlane station OSM map.png
Map showing the station stop, located at the north end of Cache Lake with a passing track to the north of the stop.
General information
LocationFarlane, ON
Canada
Coordinates 50°00′25″N94°12′01″W / 50.00694°N 94.20028°W / 50.00694; -94.20028 Coordinates: 50°00′25″N94°12′01″W / 50.00694°N 94.20028°W / 50.00694; -94.20028
Owned by Via Rail
Construction
Structure typeSign post
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Redditt
toward Vancouver
Canadian Canyon
toward Toronto
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Brinka
toward Vancouver
Main Line Jones
toward Montreal
Location
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Red pog.svg
Farlane
Location of Farlane railway station in Ontario

Farlane railway station is located in the community of Farlane in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] The station is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line [2] and is in use by Via Rail as a stop for transcontinental Canadian trains.

Train at the station in the 1930s. Farlane railway station Ontario.jpg
Train at the station in the 1930s.

The station was built in the 1920s, mainly to serve recreational cottage community around Farlane and nearby lakes which were only accessible by rail. Located at Mile 113.4 of the Redditt Subdivision of the Canadian National, it was built as a standard Design No. 3 of the National Transcontinental Railway, it was typical of stations intended for remote cottage communities, it contained a waiting room, baggage and an operator's telegraph bay. [3] The station has been unstaffed for many years but received some maintenance from cottagers to serve as a shelter with a bench for train passengers. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Farlane". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  2. ↑ Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  3. ↑ Bruce Ballantyne, Canadian Railway Station Guide, Bytown Railway Society (1998), p. ON-21
  4. ↑ Ron Brown, The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore: An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada, Dundurn Press (2008), p. 127


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