Hinton railway station Via Rail (inter-city rail) |
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Shelter at Hinton |
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Address | Highway 16 & Switzer Drive, Hinton, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||
Lines | Canadian | ||||||||||
Structure | shelter | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Parking | no | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||
Formerly | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway | ||||||||||
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The Hinton railway station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Hinton, Alberta. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian three times per week in each direction as a flag stop (48 hour advance notice required).[1] The station was opened in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. In 2003 the station building was moved to its current location where it is becoming part of an historical display.[2]