Windsor station (Nova Scotia)

Windsor station in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, is owned by the Windsor and Hantsport Railway. The railway no longer operates freight or passenger trains, but maintains one employee in the building. The prefabricated metal structure replaced an earlier station building when the railway line's route through Windsor was changed in the 1970s.[1][2]

Windsor, Nova Scotia railway station
General information
Location2 Water Street, Windsor, Nova Scotia
Canada
Coordinates44°59′51″N 64°08′16″W
Owned byWindsor and Hantsport Railway

History

Windsor's first station was a large covered platform station built by the Nova Scotia Railway in 1858. It was replaced by a wooden gambrel roof station constructed by the Intercolonial Railway in 1881. A brick station was constructed in 1905 and the wooden station was relegated to freight duties. The brcij staiton was demolished in 1970 and replaced by the current structure.[3]

References
  1. "Railway Heritage Sites along the Evangeline Trail". Nova Scotia's Railway Heritage. Retrieved November 14, 2013. The 1970-era Windsor Railway Station built by the DAR is currently in use by the Windsor & Hantsport Railway Company (WHRC)
  2. Thompson, Ashley (August 23, 2012). "Keeping up appearances". The Hants Journal. Windsor, Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  3. "Windsor Station", Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Initiative


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