St. John and Maine Railway

The St. John and Maine Railway was a railway company in the Canadian province of New Brunswick . It was formed on March 29, 1878 from the Canadian part of the European and North American Railway . The company's railway line was 142 kilometers long and connected the United States border at Vanceboro with the city of Saint John . The terminus in St. John was on the western bank of the Saint John River in the district of Fairville. A junction about five kilometers long led from the terminus at Fairville to West Saint John .

On July 1, 1883, the New Brunswick Railway leased the company for 997 years. In 1885 the Reversing Falls Railway Bridge was opened over the Saint John River by the Saint John Bridge and Railway Extension Company , so that the trains could then run to the center of the city of St. John. The New Brunswick Railway bought the bridge company and the bridge when it opened. From 1890, the Canadian Pacific Railway ran after leasing the New Brunswick Railway.

After the Canadian Pacific wanted to shut down the entire route on January 1, 1995, the New Brunswick Southern Railway took over the facilities on that day and has been operating since then.

literature

• Charles Wassermann: Canadian Pacific - The great railroad. Herbig, Munich / Berlin 1979, ISBN 3776609354 .