Cassidy railway station
Cassidy  | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location |
Cassidy, BC Canada | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°03′25″N 123°52′42″W / 49.057°N 123.8782°W | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Victoria – Courtenay train | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1924 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station | |||||||||||||||
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The Cassidy railway station is located in Cassidy, British Columbia. The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Victoria – Courtenay train service,[1] which ended in 2011. The station is on the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island mainline.
The Cassidy railway station was established on March 31, 1924 being named after Thomas Cassidy, a local farmer who homesteaded in the area and delivered milk and supplies to the railway.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "(untitled)". VIA Rail. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009.
- ↑ "Cassidy". BC Geographical Names.
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