Tower Centre

Tower Centre
A Via Rail train at the station in 1982
General information
Location	131 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta
Coordinates	51°02′39″N114°03′47″W / 51.0441°N 114.0631°W / 51.0441; -114.0631
Owned by	Aspen Properties
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	1,403 above ground stalls [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
Website	www.aspenproperties.ca/tower-centre
History
Opened	May 1969 (as Canadian Pacific Railway station)
Closed	January 1990 (as Via Rail station)
Previous names	Canadian Pacific Railway Via Rail Rocky Mountaineer
Former services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Banff toward Vancouver The Canadian before 1990 Medicine Hat toward Toronto Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station Banff towards Vancouver First Passage to the West Terminus Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station Brickburn toward Vancouver Main Line Ogden toward Montreal Windsor Turner toward Macleod Macleod – Edmonton Beddington toward Edmonton
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Tower Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is an office tower and retail centre connected to the Calgary Tower. It is only three minutes on foot from the CTrain's 1 Street SW station and Centre Street station. It was called Palliser Square from its opening in 1969 until the name was changed to Tower Centre in November 1989. ^{[2] [3]} Since 2003, Tower Centre has also been the home of Vertigo Theatre.

Former railway services

Below the half of the office and retail complex to the west of the Calgary Tower are the remains of a disused inter-city railway station. The station was formerly used by Canadian Pacific Railway, Via Rail, Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific passenger train services. ^[4] The station is on the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway line.

The station was completed in May 1969 ^{[5] [6]} to serve the Canadian Pacific Railway. Following Via Rail's takeover of Canadian Pacific's passenger services, it was managed by Via Rail until the company's January 1990 service reductions ended regular rail services to Calgary. ^[7] Afterwards, both Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific used the station intermittently for several years as a boarding point for their rail tours. ^[8]

References

1. "TOWER CENTRE | Calgary". Aspen Properties. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
2. "Tower Centre". Calgary Herald . 21 November 1989. p. 18. ProQuest   2265986165.
3. "Palliser Square". City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources. Retrieved 21 Oct 2024.
4. "Departure and Arrival Schedules & Information, for days on the train". Rocky Mountaineer. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
5. "Station Opens". Calgary Herald . 5 May 1969. p. 53. ProQuest   2253649693 . Retrieved 8 Oct 2024.
6. Sykes, Rod (27 June 1969). "Palliser Square (weekly advertising column)". Calgary Herald . p. 82. ProQuest   2253909039 . Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.
7. Kennedy, Mark (15 January 1990). "Via's final run is hit by tragedy". Calgary Herald . pp. 1–2. ProQuest   2265995756 . Retrieved 8 October 2024.
8. "Old Canadian Train Stations, Western Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta". www.yourrailwaypictures.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

• All Aboard! When Calgary had whistle stops and other rail rarities (CBC News)
• Old Canadian Train Stations, Western Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
• VIA Rail Station under Calgary Tower (Imgur) - Photos of the former train station in 2017