Dunster station (British Columbia)

Dunster
Station in the 1920s
Location Dunster, BC
Canada
Coordinates 53°07′27″N 119°50′16″W / 53.12417°N 119.83778°W / 53.12417; -119.83778[1]
Platforms 1
History
Opened 1913
Previous names Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
Jasper–Prince Rupert
toward Jasper

Dunster station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Dunster, British Columbia. The station is served by Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train as a flag stop.[2]

The original railway station was built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and opened in 1913. The station and town was named by a railway inspector after his home-town of Dunster in England.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dunster". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ↑ http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/rockies-and-pacific/Dunster
  3. ↑ http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=15633


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