Hope station (British Columbia)

Hope station is a railway station in Hope, British Columbia, Canada, located along CN railway tracks. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian as a flag stop (48-hour advance notice required).[1]

Hope
The station seen in 1928
General information
Location6th Ave. and Fort St.
Hope, BC
Canada
Coordinates49.37896°N 121.43665°W / 49.37896; -121.43665
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeSign post
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Chilliwack
toward Vancouver
Canadian Boston Bar
One-way operation
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Floods
toward Vancouver
Main Line Trafalgar
toward Montreal
Location
Hope is located in British Columbia
Hope
Hope
Location within British Columbia
Hope is located in Canada
Hope
Hope
Hope (Canada)

The station is only served by westbound trains towards Vancouver. Eastbound trains call at Katz railway station along the CPR tracks, on the other side of the Fraser River. This split in service between Vancouver and Ashcroft is due to CN and CPR utilizing directional running through the Thompson- and Fraser Canyon.

The station was built by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1916, one of three nearly identical designs by CNoR architect John Schofield.[2] The other two stations, since demolished, were located in Chilliwack BC, and Estevan, SK. The station was moved in the 1980s to the business road and intersection after CN divested itself of passenger services. Again this station faces demolition early in 2021.

Footnotes

  1. "Hope train station". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. "Schofield, John (1883-1971)". Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800 - 1950. Retrieved August 16, 2022.


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