Terrace
General information
Location3100 Kalum Street
Terrace, British Columbia
V8G 4L1
Coordinates54°30′53″N 128°35′12″W / 54.5147°N 128.5868°W / 54.5147; -128.5868
Line(s)Jasper–Prince Rupert train
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeShelter
Parkingavailable
AccessibleYes
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Kwinitsa Jasper–Prince Rupert Usk
toward Jasper
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Remo Prince RupertJasper Dobies
toward Jasper

Terrace station is a Via Rail station on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train.[1]

History

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In late October 1910, the eastward advance of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway rail head from Prince Rupert reached the Kitsumkalum River.[2] In early November 1910, tracklaying passed over this completed bridge at Mile 91[3] and through mile 100 (Vanarsdol).[4]

In 1911, the standard-design Plan 100‐152 (Bohi's Type E) station building was erected.[5] The next year, when a roadmaster riding eastward on a railway motorcycle collided with an oncoming locomotive, he was fatally flung into the Skeena.[6]

In 1927, a falling rock about one mile east of Terrace crashed through the roof of a westbound Canadian National Railway (CN) baggage car killing an employee.[7] In 1929, an addition to the station enlarged the waiting room and the agent accommodation.[8]

In June 1955, a Prince Rupert–Kitimat passenger shuttle began on a trial basis, which replaced the Kitimat mixed train.[9] The line officially opened the next month,[10] and the Kitimat station was completed later in the year.[11]

In April 1957, the shuttle discontinued west of Terrace.[12] In April 1958, when passenger rail was discontinued to Kitimat,[13] a private bus operator took over the route.[14] In 1988, Via Rail erected a stationette.[15][16]

Built around 1914 and designated a national historic site in 1982,[17] the George Little House was moved to its present location in 2004.[18] The next year, the renovated main floor became tourism facilities and the Via Rail waiting room, replacing the stationette.[19]

Notes

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  1. ^ Next major station: Prince Rupert
  2. ^ Next major station: Smithers

References

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  1. ^ "Terrace train station". VIA Rail.
  2. ^ "Prince Rupert Journal". library.ubc.ca. 25 Oct 1910. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Prince Rupert Optimist". library.ubc.ca. 7 Nov 1910. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Prince Rupert Optimist". library.ubc.ca. 12 Nov 1910. p. 7.
  5. ^ Bohi, Charles W.; Kozma, Leslie S. (2002). Canadian National's Western Stations. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. pp. 121, 136. ISBN 1550416324.
  6. ^ "Fort George Herald". pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca. 1 Jun 1912. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Prince George Citizen". pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca. 8 Dec 1927. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Province". www.newspapers.com. 6 Jan 1929. p. 40.
  9. ^ "Prince George Citizen". pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca. 24 May 1955. p. 3.
  10. ^ "Prince George Citizen". pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca. 11 Jul 1955. p. 2.
  11. ^ "Northern Sentinel". www.newspapers.com. 4 Aug 1955. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Northern Sentinel". www.newspapers.com. 22 Feb 1957. p. 1. Kitimat will have two trains a day after April 28….The Kitimat–Prince Rupert train will be discontinued from Terrace onwards…
  13. ^ "Province". www.newspapers.com. 19 Apr 1958. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Northern Sentinel". www.newspapers.com. 8 May 1958. p. 7.
  15. ^ "Terrace Review" (PDF). core.ac.uk. 13 Apr 1988. p. 14.
  16. ^ TRHS 2002, p. 59.
  17. ^ "George Little House". www.historicplaces.ca.
  18. ^ "Terrace Standard" (PDF). core.ac.uk. 5 May 2004. p. A3.
  19. ^ "Terrace Standard" (PDF). core.ac.uk: A3. 23 Feb 2005.

Sources

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  • TRHS (2002). Terrace: Incorporated in 1927: 75 years of growth. Terrace Regional Historical Society. ISBN 0-9730611-1-1.