Dauphin station explained

Dauphin
Style:Via Rail
Address:101 First Ave. N.
Dauphin, MB
R7N 1G8, Canada
Coordinates:51.1506°N -100.0518°W
Structure:Sign post
Platform:2
Levels:1
Tracks:1
Opened:1912
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes

The Dauphin railway station is located in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train.[1]

The station was built in 1912 by the Canadian Northern Railway to a design by architect John Schofield. The station was designated a Heritage Railway Station of Canada in 1990.[2] The station was designated as a Manitoba historic site on 27 January 1998,[3] and is marked with a Manitoba Heritage Council commemorative plaque.[4]

Dauphin Railway Museum

The station is home to the Dauphin Railway Museum, which features railroad artifacts and displays about rail service in the region, the Canadian Northern Railway and later Canadian National Railway.[5] Exhibits include a caboose, roundhouse and turntable, lamps, tools, photos, a motor car (jigger), an HO scale model rail, and a geographic display of steam/diesel era (1954 - 1965).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dauphin train station. Via Rail Canada. February 28, 2013.
  2. Web site: Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Heritage Railway Station of Canada, Dauphin, Manitoba. Parks Canada. February 28, 2013.
  3. Web site: Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site No. 100, Dauphin Canadian Northern Railway Station, 103 - 1st Avenue NW, Dauphin. Culture, Heritage and Tourism, Government of Manitoba . February 28, 2012.
  4. Web site: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques: Dauphin Canadian Northern Railway Station, 103 - 1st Avenue NW, Dauphin. Culture, Heritage and Tourism, Government of Manitoba. February 28, 2013.
  5. Web site: Dauphin Railway Museum. Association of Manitoba Museums. 6 April 2015.