Hinton station (Alberta)

The Hinton station is a Via Rail station in Hinton, Alberta. It is on the Canadian National Railway mainline and is served by Via Rail's The Canadian as a flag stop (48 hours advance notice required).[1]

Hinton
Shelter at Hinton
General information
LocationHighway 16 & Switzer Drive,
Hinton, Alberta,
Canada
Coordinates53.4010°N 117.5884°W / 53.4010; -117.5884
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeShelter
History
Opened1911
Previous namesGrand Trunk Pacific Railway
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Jasper
toward Vancouver
 Canadian Edson
toward Toronto
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Entrance
toward Vancouver
 Main Line Drinnan
toward Montreal

The station was opened in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. In 2003, the station building was moved to its current location on Gregg Avenue, where it became the Northern Rockies Museum of Culture and Heritage.[2][3]

CN office

References
  1. "Hinton train station". www.viarail.ca.
  2. "Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Train Station". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  3. "| Hinton, AB - Official Website". www.hinton.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.

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