Palmer station (British Columbia)

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Palmer
Inter-city rail
General information
LocationWest of Burnett Road level crossing
(adjacent to Fort Victoria R.V. park and campground)
Palmer, B.C., Canada
Coordinates 48°27′37″N123°26′34″W / 48.4602°N 123.4429°W / 48.4602; -123.4429
Line(s) Dayliner
Construction
Platform levels1
Former services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Langford
toward Courtenay
Victoria–Courtenay Esquimalt
toward Victoria
Preceding station Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Following station
Langford
toward Courtenay
Main Line Esquimalt
toward Victoria
Location
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Red pog.svg
Palmer
Location within Canada
Canada British Columbia location map 2.svg
Red pog.svg
Palmer
Palmer (British Columbia)

The Palmer station is a railway station in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. It served as a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner service, which has been indefinitely suspended since 2011. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Via Rail Station Description
  2. "Railroads - City of Victoria Archives Online Search". archives.victoria.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-22.