Pacific Central Station

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Pacific Central Station
Pacific Central Station Vancouver.jpg
Pacific Central train station
Data
Design Terminus
Platform tracks 7th
opening November 3, 1919
Architectural data
Architectural style Beaux Arts architecture
architect Pratt and Ross
location
City / municipality Vancouver
Place / district Downtown Vancouver
province British Columbia
Country Canada
Coordinates 49 ° 16 '25 "  N , 123 ° 5' 52"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 16 '25 "  N , 123 ° 5' 52"  W
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The Pacific Central Station is a train station in the Canadian city of Vancouver . Opened in 1919, the Beaux-Arts-style station is located at 1150 Station Street, at the east end of the False Creek inlet .

The terminal station is the western terminus of the transcontinental train The Canadian from VIA Rail to Toronto and the northern terminus of the Amtrak Cascades to Seattle . Excursion trains run to Calgary , Jasper and Whistler . Greyhound Lines intercity buses run from the terminal in the station forecourt. Located just off the station is Main Street-Science World of Expo Line of the SkyTrain .

Travelers in the direction of the USA have to go through the entry border control of the USA. The train to Seattle departs from a separate area of ​​the station. This procedure significantly shortens the train's stay at the actual land border, since there is only a brief customs check, but it requires the passengers to arrive well before the train departs. In the opposite direction, passport and customs checks only take place after the train arrives at the station, there is no stop at the border.

In 1912, the management of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNR) made the city an offer to fill the eastern third of False Creek. The Great Northern Railway also participated in this project and built a station on the newly reclaimed land in 1915. In the same year, the CNR route reached the outskirts of Vancouver. But since the company was operating on the verge of financial ruin, construction work on the station, which was next to that of the Great Northern, could not begin until 1917. When the station opened in November 1919, the company was already in liquidation (it was eventually taken over by the Canadian National Railway in 1923 ).

In 1965, the neighboring Great Northern station was demolished. In 1979 VIA Rail, which had succeeded the Canadian National Railway in passenger transport, moved the terminus of all national lines to Pacific Central station. The previous main station Waterfront of the Canadian Pacific Railway was converted to the terminus of the SkyTrain and the West Coast Express .

gallery

  • View at dusk

  • inside view

  • The Canadian in the train station

Web links

Commons : Pacific Central Station  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Mackie: This day in history: November 2, 1919. In: Vancouver Sun. November 14, 2012, accessed September 15, 2019 .