Matapédia station

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Matapédia
Via Rail Station-Matapedia QC-July 31 2006.jpg
General information
Location10 rue MacDonell
Matapédia, QC
Canada
Coordinates 47°58′29″N66°56′22″W / 47.97472°N 66.93944°W / 47.97472; -66.93944
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnstaffed station
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Causapscal
toward Montreal
Ocean Campbellton
toward Halifax
Former services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Causapscal
toward Montreal
Montreal–Gaspé
(Suspended 2013-2026)
 Nouvelle
toward Gaspé
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Champion
toward Montreal
Montreal – Moncton Flatlands
toward Moncton
Terminus Matapédia – Gaspé Cross Point
toward Gaspé
Matapedia station
Location
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Matapédia station
Location in Quebec
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Matapédia station
Location in Canada

Matapédia station is a Via Rail station in Matapédia, Quebec, Canada. Matapédia is the junction between two rail lines. The east-west former Intercolonial Railway mainline from Halifax to Rivière-du-Loup is joined from the east by a line running along the south coast of the Gaspé Peninsula to the town of Gaspé.

As a result, Matapédia was where two Via Rail routes diverged en route to their eastern termini, whereas they converged when heading westbound. The 6 day/week Halifax-Montreal Ocean and 3 day/week Montreal – Gaspé train operated as one train between Matapédia and Montreal in the winter time when each separate train has fewer cars.

Since the 2004, introduction of Renaissance cars (the former Nightstar trains from the UK) on the Ocean both trains operated separately between Matapédia and Montreal during the summer when each train was longer. Service to Gaspé was interrupted in 2013 and has not resumed [1] however there have been recent attempts to resuscitate it. [2] [3]

When operating separately, the Montreal – Gaspé train ran several minutes ahead of the Ocean toward Montreal. When combined, the trains ran together as far as Matapédia before the Ocean continued to Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Montreal – Gaspé train proceeded to Gaspé.

The Canadian National Railway station is a designated Heritage Railway Station, [4] under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act.

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References

  1. ↑ "VIA Rail ferme plusieurs gares | Gilles Gagné | Transports". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  2. ↑ Bégin, Jean-François (9 March 2016). "La Gaspésie réclame le retour des autocars, un "service essentiel" | Jean-François Bégin | National". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  3. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Regions - (12 February 2016). "Train de passagers en Gaspésie : une priorité pour Rémi Massé | ICI.Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  4. ↑ Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada: "List of Designated Heritage Railway Stations: Quebec" Archived 2006-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
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