Cassidy station
The Cassidy station is located in Cassidy, British Columbia. The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner which ended in 2011.[1] The station is on the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island mainline.
Cassidy  | |||||||||||
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| Location | Cassidy, BC Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49.057°N 123.8782°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Victoria – Courtenay train | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1924 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station | ||||||||||
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The Cassidy railway station was established on March 31, 1924 being named after Thomas Cassidy, a local farmer who homesteaded in the area and delivered milk and supplies to the railway.[2]
Footnotes
- "Victoria-Courtenay train – Description | VIA Rail". web.archive.org. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- "Cassidy". BC Geographical Names.
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