Dauphin_station

Dauphin station

Dauphin station

Railway station in Manitoba, Canada


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

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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 (19541965).

See also


References

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

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