Portage la Prairie station

The Portage la Prairie station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's transcontinental Canadian four times per week (twice in each direction) and the Winnipeg–Churchill train twice per week.[1] The station operates as a flag stop for the Canadian, with 48-hour advance notice. It is a regular stop on the Winnipeg-Churchill route.

Portage la Prairie
The station circa 1911
Location	130 Fisher Avenue Portage la Prairie, MB Canada
Coordinates	49°58′38″N 98°17′17″W
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
History
Opened	1908
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Rivers toward Vancouver Canadian Winnipeg toward Toronto Gladstone toward Churchill Winnipeg–Churchill Winnipeg Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Brandon North toward Vancouver Super Continental Winnipeg toward Montreal Rignold toward Vancouver Main Line Benard toward Montreal

The station was designated a national historic site in 1992.[2] The one story brick building was built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Midland Railway of Manitoba as a union station in 1908.[3]

Also designated a national historic site is the Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway Station that no longer provides passenger services but operates as a museum.

Footnotes

1. http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/prairies-and-northern-manitoba/
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2009-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Via Rail/Canadian National Railways Station Fisher Avenue East, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada". Canada's Historic Places - a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2011-02-07.

External links

• Via Rail Station Information