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Location | Railway Station Street East, Swift Current, Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Canadian Pacific Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Designated | 1991 |
The Swift Current station is a railway station in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway, but is now only used by Canadian Pacific train crews. The station comprises the following three buildings: [1]
The building was designated a historic railway station in 1991. The City of Swift Current owns all three buildings, leasing the actual train station to CP while the other two buildings are vacant. [2]
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