Churchill railway station

Churchill
Inter-city rail
Location	Kelsey Boulevard, Churchill, MB Canada
Coordinates	58°46′04″N 94°10′28″W / 58.76778°N 94.17444°W / 58.76778; -94.17444Coordinates: 58°46′04″N 94°10′28″W / 58.76778°N 94.17444°W / 58.76778; -94.17444
Owned by	Via Rail
Line(s)	Winnipeg – Churchill train
Construction
Structure type	2 storey heritage station building
Parking	Outdoor parking (short & long term)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	XAD [1]
History
Opened	1929
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station Terminus Winnipeg–Churchill Tidal toward Winnipeg
Route map Legend km 820 Churchill Tidal Goose Creek Digges Bylot Lamprey Chesnaye junction to Kischiayamweekemow Cromarty 726 Belcher M'Clintock Back O'Day Kellett 663 Herchmer Owl River Silcox Thibaudeau Lawledge 600 Weir River Weir River Charlebois Amery junction to unfinished Port Nelson line Sundance Limestone River Bird Jacam Kettle Rapids Nelson River junction to Long Spruce 524 Gillam Luke Willbeach Wivenhoe Nonsuch 460 Ilford Aiken River Split Lake Munk Kelsey Pit Siding junction Spring Lake Boyd Stitt Nelson River,2nd crossing Arnot Armstrong River Wilde Armstrong Lake Bridgar Pikwitonei River 343 Pikwitonei Matago south (Soab North and South Mines, near Pisew Falls) 50 Thompson Thompson Lake Partridge Crop Lake Wintering Lake Middle Tremaine Lake 322 Sipiwesk 321 junction Leven 296 Thicket Portage McLaren Creek Hockin La Perouse Earchman Odhill Lyddal Medard 219 Wabowden Pipun Dunlop Button Ponton Tyrrell Turnbull Wekusko Paterson Flin Flon Flin Flon Creek Channing Schist Lake,Channing Schist Lake Schist Lake,2nd crossing Schist Creek Athapap Limestone Narrows Tincan Narrows Athapapuskow Lake Payuk north Keewatin Railway, to Lynn Lake Sherritt Jct Cranberry Portage Dyce Rawebb Simonhouse Dering 66 Cormorant Cormorant Lake Halcrow Atik Budd Wanless Finger Root Lake Atikameg Lake Orok Tremaudan Prospector Flin Flon junction Saskatchewan River km 0 The Pas

Churchill railway station is a railway station located in the town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. It is served by the Hudson Bay Railway owned by the U.S-based OmniTRAX, as well as the national passenger carrier, Via Rail Canada. The station is located 820 kilometers (510 mi) northeast from The Pas, Manitoba, on the shore of Hudson Bay. It also has Park's Canada exhibits inside.

The railway to Churchill was originally built by the Canadian National and completed in 1929. The building contains elements of the Queen Anne Revival and the Arts and Crafts styles.^[2] The Churchill railway station is a national heritage railway station in 1992, and has been restored to its former glory by the federal government.^[3] The station building now includes a museum as well as telephones, washrooms and a ticket office which is open one hour prior to departure of the train.

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External links

Media related to Churchill railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• World of Stock photo of Churchill station
• Via Rail Station Information
• Government of Manitoba Regional Map