New Carlisle | |
Style: | Via Rail |
Address: | 6 rue Vimy New Carlisle, Quebec[1] |
Country: | Canada |
Coordinates: | 48.007°N -65.323°W |
Tracks: | 3 plus 2 wyes |
Opened: | 1947 |
Closed: | 2013 |
Other Services Header: | Former services |
Web: | New Carlisle train station |
The New Carlisle station is a closed railway station in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. It served the Montreal-Gaspé train until service was suspended east of Matapédia station in 2013 due to deteriorating track conditions. However, service to Gaspé is scheduled to resume in 2026.[2]
The station is a designated Heritage Railway Station, so protected since 1994. The station was built by the Canadian National Railways in 1947. The imposing, two-storey structure was built according to a 1920s plan "for Québec stations, in which the upper floor accommodates the administrative functions of a divisional point station, in addition to the station agent’s residence." The current station was built to replace a former building, destroyed by fire. [3]
On November 9, 1942, German spy Werner von Janowski came ashore from German submarine U-518 in Chaleur Bay, four miles to the west of town. He boarded a train in the New Carlisle station which the present one replaced. He intended to travel to Montreal, but was captured almost immediately after boarding.