VIA station, Victoria BC (1986)
This station was located at the east end of the Johnson Street Bridge at 450 Pandora Avenue and served as the southern terminus for the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway. The station was designed by architect Yves Roy and built in 1986, in a style keeping with the historical nature of the area. The 1986 station replaced an older E&N station that was demolished in late 1972.
The E&N takes its name from the original section of track running between Esquimalt (6 km [4 miles] from downtown Victoria) and Nanaimo. The first E&N train ran on March 29, 1888 between Nanaimo and Victoria. The CPR purchased the E&N in 1905 and extended the tracks to Courtenay a distance of 225-kilometre (140 mi) on Vancouver Island. VIA Rail took over their CPR's passenger train operation in 1979
VIA Rail Canada used to run regular passenger train service (the Malahat) with Budd-built Rail Diesel Cars from Victoria to Courtenay and return daily. The train had scheduled stops at Duncan, Nanaimo, and Parksvile, with many other flagstops (stops on request) along the way. The Victoria and Nanaimo stations have ferry service to Vancouver on the mainland.
Due to repairs to the Johnson Street Bridge which eliminated the rails, VIA closed this station on August 12, 2011 and shipped all its Budd cars off the island from Nanaimo, the following November. Bus service replaced the trains alomg the route. This station was later demolished as it belonged to the City of Victoria and had no heritage value since it was only erected in 1986.
VIA station, Victoria BC (1986)
This station was located at the east end of the Johnson Street Bridge at 450 Pandora Avenue and served as the southern terminus for the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway. The station was designed by architect Yves Roy and built in 1986, in a style keeping with the historical nature of the area. The 1986 station replaced an older E&N station that was demolished in late 1972.
The E&N takes its name from the original section of track running between Esquimalt (6 km [4 miles] from downtown Victoria) and Nanaimo. The first E&N train ran on March 29, 1888 between Nanaimo and Victoria. The CPR purchased the E&N in 1905 and extended the tracks to Courtenay a distance of 225-kilometre (140 mi) on Vancouver Island. VIA Rail took over their CPR's passenger train operation in 1979
VIA Rail Canada used to run regular passenger train service (the Malahat) with Budd-built Rail Diesel Cars from Victoria to Courtenay and return daily. The train had scheduled stops at Duncan, Nanaimo, and Parksvile, with many other flagstops (stops on request) along the way. The Victoria and Nanaimo stations have ferry service to Vancouver on the mainland.
Due to repairs to the Johnson Street Bridge which eliminated the rails, VIA closed this station on August 12, 2011 and shipped all its Budd cars off the island from Nanaimo, the following November. Bus service replaced the trains alomg the route. This station was later demolished as it belonged to the City of Victoria and had no heritage value since it was only erected in 1986.