Whistler railway station
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Lake Placid Road, Whistler, BC Canada | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°05′45″N 122°59′50″W / 50.09583°N 122.99722°WCoordinates: 50°05′45″N 122°59′50″W / 50.09583°N 122.99722°W | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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Whistler railway station is located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, along former BC Rail and before that Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) lines. The tracks are now owned by Canadian National. Two trains call at the station, the Rainforest to Gold Rush provides service from Whistler Station to Quesnel railway station and Jasper railway station. The Whistler Sea to Sky Climb connects North Vancouver railway station to Whistler.
The PGE line was established in 1912, and rail service to the Whistler area has been provided since the early days of operation until BC Rail ended all passenger service in 2002. The line is now mostly freight only, but the luxury-class Rocky Mountaineer tour trains now operate from the city of North Vancouver via Whistler to Jasper.[1] The current station building was built for Whistler Rail Tours (operators of the Whistler Mountaineer) in 2007.[2][3]
During the 2010 Winter Olympics a special Rocky Mountaineer train sponsored by the government of the neighbouring province of Alberta served as public transit between Vancouver and Whistler.[4]
References
- ↑ "(untitled)". Rocky Mountaineer. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
- ↑ National Post (November 16, 2004). "Entrepreneurs looking to revive Whistler train". Canada.com.
- ↑ "New Stuff 6 – Whistler Rail Station". Price Tags. April 16, 2008.
- ↑ "(untitled)". Government of Alberta. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010.