Sault Ste. Marie station

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Sault Ste. Marie
Algoma Central Railway, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.jpg
General information
Location87 Huron Street,
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 46°31′0″N84°21′0″W / 46.51667°N 84.35000°W / 46.51667; -84.35000
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened2021
Services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Terminus Agawa Canyon Tour Train Agawa Canyon
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Terminus Algoma Central Railway Searchmont
toward Hearst
Location
Sault Ste. Marie station

Sault Ste. Marie station in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada is a railway station which acts as the terminus for the Algoma Central Railway train service. The Algoma Central Railway is a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway.

The original Sault Ste. Marie station was at Algoma Central Railway head office at 289 Bay Street built in 1912 and now a commercial office building co located with Station Mall. [1] In the 1970s the station (and Agawa train tour) moved to the single floor building at 129 Bay Street and in the parking lot on the west end of Station Mall. [2] Regular service to Hearst ended in July 2015. [3] The 129 Bay Street station was closed in 2021 when it moved to 87 Huron Street in a train station like structure built at the former St Mary’s Paper mill. [4]

Algoma Central Railway Sault station 2.JPG

References

  1. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=198348
  2. Algoma Central Railway
  3. Della-Mattia, Elaine (October 31, 2018). "Passenger train advocates still seeking funding; certificates in place to operate train". Sault Star . Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  4. https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/police-eye-old-acr-station-at-statiin-mall-8101252