Stewiacke station

Stewiacke station was a railway station in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada. It served the Intercolonial Railway,[1] Canadian National Railway and later Via Rail. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was served by Budd Rail Diesel Car passenger trains operated by CN and later Via until the end of RDC service in Nova Scotia in 1990.

Stewiacke station
General information
Coordinates45°8′17″N 63°21′02″W
History
Opened1876- (Intercolonial Railway), 1918-1977- Canadian National Railways, 1977-1990 Via Rail
Closed1990

On April 12, 2001, a local teenager, at home on a school in-service day, tampered with a railway switch on the CN Rail Halifax-Montreal mainline, causing Via Rail's train #15 Ocean to derail (2001 Stewiacke Via derailment) several minutes later when it passed through the centre of the community.[2] Several buildings and rail cars were destroyed and many people were injured, including some severely, although no fatalities resulted.[2][3]

References
  1. "Intercolonial Railway". Government of Canada. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. "Youth sentenced to six months for derailing train". CBC.ca. 2002-11-06. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  3. "Teen faces victims of N.S. train wreck". CBC.ca. 2002-08-30. Retrieved 2009-04-19.

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