Cassidy railway station

Cassidy
inter-city rail
Location Cassidy, BC
Canada
Coordinates 49°03′25″N 123°52′42″W / 49.057°N 123.8782°W / 49.057; -123.8782
Line(s) Victoria – Courtenay train
History
Opened 1924
Previous names Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
toward Victoria
Victoria–Courtenay
toward Courtenay

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

  1. "(untitled)". VIA Rail. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009.
  2. "Cassidy". BC Geographical Names.
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