Agassiz station (British Columbia)

Agassiz
The stop is trackside at the Agassiz-Harrison Museum
Location Agassiz, BC
Canada
Coordinates 49°14′22″N 121°45′55″W / 49.23944°N 121.76528°W / 49.23944; -121.76528Coordinates: 49°14′22″N 121°45′55″W / 49.23944°N 121.76528°W / 49.23944; -121.76528
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
toward Vancouver
Canadian
toward Toronto

Agassiz station in Agassiz,[1] British Columbia, Canada, is served by Via Rail's The Canadian three times per week as a flag stop (48 hours advance notice required).[2] The station is only served by east-bound trains. West-bound trains call at the Chilliwack railway station on the south side of the Fraser River on the CN Railway tracks. The reason for the splitting of service is that between Abottsford and Kamloops, CN and CP on which Via runs use each other's tracks for directional running through the Fraser Canyon on long stretches of single track.

References

  1. ↑ "Agassiz". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ↑ "Agassiz train station". VIA Rail Canada.


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