Saint-Tite station

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Saint-Tite Railway Station
Saint Tite 63.jpg
Former Via Rail Canada Station Platform, Marchildon Street
General information
Coordinates 46°43′23″N72°33′51″W / 46.7231°N 72.5642°W / 46.7231; -72.5642
Construction
Structure typeShelter
Services
Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Garneau
toward Montreal
Montreal–Jonquière Hervey
toward Jonquière
Montreal–Senneterre Hervey
toward Senneterre
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Hérouxville
toward Montreal
MontrealRivière-à-Pierre Ste. Thècle

Saint-Tite station is a Via Rail Canada station in Saint-Tite, Quebec, Canada. It is located on Marchildon Street. [1]

St. Tite, Marchildon Street, former Via Rail Canada Station Platform Saint Tite 67.jpg
St. Tite, Marchildon Street, former Via Rail Canada Station Platform

Railway Fever 1878: The vast territory north of the St. Lawrence Plain, with its opening onto the immensity of the Canadian Shield, evokes grandiose dreams. In 1878, St. Laurence, Lower Laurentian & Saguenay obtained permission to build a track between Trois-Rivières and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean via Saint-Tite. [2]

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References

  1. "Saint-Tite train station". Via Rail Canada. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  2. René Verrette (1998). "Between dream and reality: the establishment of the Mauritian railway" (PDF). Erudit (in French). Les Éditions Cap-aux-Diamants inc. pp. 4 of 7. Retrieved 2023-11-17.