Dunsmuir station (British Columbia)

Dunsmuir
inter-city rail
Location Horne Lake Road, Dunsmuir, BC, Canada
Coordinates 49°23′11″N 124°36′45″W / 49.38639°N 124.61250°W / 49.38639; -124.61250Coordinates: 49°23′11″N 124°36′45″W / 49.38639°N 124.61250°W / 49.38639; -124.61250
Construction
Structure type Sign Post
History
Opened 1918
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
toward Victoria
Victoria–Courtenay
toward Courtenay

The Dunsmuir station is located in Dunsmuir, British Columbia. The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Victoria – Courtenay train service.[1] The station is on the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island mainline, first appearing in railway maps in 1918. The station is named after Robert Dunsmuir, one of the early founders of the railway.[2] Service ended in 2011.

Footnotes

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  2. "Dunsmuir". BC Geographical Names.
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