Jasper station

Jasper
General information
Location	607 Connaught Drive, Jasper, Alberta Canada
Coordinates	52°52′34″N 118°4′47″W / 52.87611°N 118.07972°W / 52.87611; -118.07972
Owned by	Parks Canada
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed station
Station code	JASP
IATA code	XDH
Website	Jasper train station
History
Opened	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Valemount toward Vancouver The Canadian Hinton toward Toronto Harvey toward Prince Rupert Jasper–Prince Rupert Terminus Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station Kamloops towards Rocky Mountaineer Journey Through the Clouds Terminus Quesnel towards North Vancouver Rainforest to Gold Rush
Former services Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Wynd toward Vancouver Main Line Henry House toward Montreal Geikie toward Prince Rupert Prince Rupert – Jasper Terminus Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station Quesnel towards North Vancouver Coastal Passage Terminus Revelstoke towards Seattle Preceding station Via Rail Following station Vancouver Terminus Super Continental Edmonton toward Toronto
Location
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Jasper station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Jasper, Alberta. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian and is the eastern terminus for the Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train. The Rocky Mountaineer company trains such as the Journey through the Clouds use the station as a terminus, these trains continue to Quesnel railway station.

History

Jasper was created as a railway siding in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It was originally called Fitzhugh, part of the Grand Trunk Pacific's alphabet line, but was renamed in 1913 when the townsite was surveyed. By 1913 both the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Northern Railway called on Jasper.^[1] By 1923 the CNoR and the GTPR were taken oven by the Canadian government and merged into the Canadian National Railway, which continued to use the old GTPR station until it burned down during the winter of 1924–25.

The current station was constructed by the CNR in 1926.^[2] The station was declared a heritage railway station by the federal government in 1992.^[3]

See also

• List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada

References

External links

• Media related to Jasper railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Via Rail Station Description
• Travel Guide to Jasper Station

This page was last edited on 15 April 2024, at 15:43