Katz station

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Katz
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LocationKatz, BC
Canada
Coordinates 49°22′N121°33′W / 49.367°N 121.550°W / 49.367; -121.550 Coordinates: 49°22′N121°33′W / 49.367°N 121.550°W / 49.367; -121.550 [1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeSign post
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Agassiz
One-way operation
Canadian North Bend
toward Toronto
Former services
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Ruby Creek
toward Vancouver
Main Line Odlum
Terminus KatzMedicine Hat via Nelson and Lethbridge Odlum
toward Medicine Hat
Location
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Katz
Location within British Columbia
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Katz
Katz (Canada)
Katz station

Katz station is a railway station in Katz, British Columbia, Canada. It serves as a flag stop for Via Rail's The Canadian train. [2] It is on the Canadian Pacific Railway Cascade subdivision, east of Ruby Creek.

The station is only served by eastbound trains towards Toronto. Westbound trains call at Hope railway station along the CN Railway tracks, on the other side of the Fraser River. This split in service between Vancouver and Ashcroft is due to CN and CPR utilizing directional running through the Thompson- and Fraser Canyon.

Footnotes

  1. "Katz". BC Geographical Names .
  2. "Katz train station | VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-21.


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