| Melville railway station Via Rail (inter-city rail) |
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| Address | Main St & 1st Ave, Melville, SK | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1908 | ||||||||||
| Formerly | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway | ||||||||||
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The Melville railway station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian three times per week.[1] The station was declared a national historic site in 1992.[2]
The station building, built in 1908 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) design makes use of a twin-gabled plan that is unique in Saskatchewan, this reflects the special status the station had when built as a division point and junction on the GTPR line.[3] The town was named after Charles Melville Hays, former president of the GTPR.[4]
In 2010, the Melville Rail Station Heritage Association acquired title to the station building. The group plans to restore both the interior and exterior of the station.[5]