Cranberry Portage railway station

Cranberry Portage Station
Via Rail (inter-city rail)
Location Railway Avenue, Cranberry Portage,
Rural Municipality of Kelsey
Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates 54°35′09″N 101°22′57″W / 54.5858°N 101.3824°W / 54.5858; -101.3824Coordinates: 54°35′09″N 101°22′57″W / 54.5858°N 101.3824°W / 54.5858; -101.3824
Line(s) "The Pas-Pukatawagan"
History
Opened 1929
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
Optic Lake
toward Pukatawagan
The Pas–Pukatawagan
toward The Pas

Cranberry Portage railway station is a station located in Cranberry Portage in Manitoba, Canada just past Wekusko Falls Provincial Park,.[1] The station is served by Via Rail's "The Pas-Pukatawagan" line for the Keewatin Railway twice per week in each direction.[2]

The station building was built in 1929 as a two-storey third class station by the Canadian National Railway.[3] The railway station was designated a historic site in 1992.[4]

The building is now home to the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum.

References

  1. "Area 9 Map" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  2. "The Pas-Pukatawagan train - Schedules". VIA Rail Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  3. "VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Railway Avenue, Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, R0B, Canada". Canada's Historic Places - a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  4. "The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Manitoba". Parks Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
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