- Melville railway station
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Melville railway station
Via Rail (inter-city rail)
Station statistics Address Main St & 1st Ave, Melville, SK Coordinates 50°55′35″N 102°48′26″W / 50.9263°N 102.8072°W Platforms 1 Tracks 1 Other information Opened 1908 Formerly Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Services Preceding station Via Rail Following station Watroustoward VancouverCanadian Riverstoward TorontoThe Melville railway station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian three times per week.[1] The station was declared a national historic site in 1992.[2]
The station building, built in 1908 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) design makes use of a twin-gabled plan that is unique in Saskatchewan, this reflects the special status the station had when built as a division point and junction on the GTPR line.[3] The town was named after Charles Melville Hays, former president of the GTPR.[4]
In 2010, the Melville Rail Station Heritage Association acquired title to the station building. The group plans to restore both the interior and exterior of the station.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/prairies-and-northern-manitoba/melville
- ^ http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/gfp-hrs/sk_E.asp
- ^ Historic Places Registry
- ^ "Melville, Saskatchewan (2006)". Communities. Canadian Railway Hall of Fame. http://www.railfame.ca/sec_ind/communities/en_2006_Melville_Sk.asp. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ Excerpt from The Melville Advance, May 12, 2010
External links
Coordinates: 50°55′35″N 102°48′26″W / 50.9263°N 102.8072°W
Categories:- Via Rail stations in Saskatchewan
- Railway stations in Saskatchewan
- Designated Heritage Railway Stations of Canada
- Railway stations opened in 1908
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