Nanaimo station (Via Rail)

Nanaimo station is a former railway station in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The station was a stop on the Via Rail Dayliner service, which closed indefinitely in 2011. The station is located at 336 Prideaux Street, Nanaimo.

Nanaimo
Nanaimo Station with a Budd RDC in 2009, before closure.
General information
Location	336 Prideaux Street Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada
Coordinates	49.1638°N 123.9424°W / 49.1638; -123.9424
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Railway station
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	January 1, 1920; 105 years ago (1920-01-01)
Closed	August 12, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-08-12)
Former services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Wellington toward Courtenay Victoria–Courtenay Starks toward Victoria Preceding station Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Following station Northfield toward Courtenay Main Line Starks toward Victoria
Location

History

Nanaimo station was the original northern terminus of the E&N railway when the line entered service in 1886. By the following year the line was extended north to Wellington, which became the new terminus. The current one/two-storey stucco and wood building station building featuring a central square tower, was built in 1920 to replace an earlier station building.^[1] The building is a more complex version of the CPR Standard Plan No. 9 design. The original design was intended to support commercial operations on the main floor with living quarters for railway employees on the second floor.

Closure

On March 19, 2011, Via Rail suspended service indefinitely due to poor track conditions on the line outside Nanaimo and replaced it with a bus service. Eventually, on August 12, 2011, the bus service ended and the station closed indefinitely.^[2]