McGregor station (British Columbia)

McGregor station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in McGregor, British Columbia. Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train calls at the station as a flag stop.[1][2]

For the Amtrak station in the United States, see McGregor station.
McGregor
LocationAdjacent to the highway
McGregor, BC
Canada
Coordinates54°04′38″N 121°50′39″W
Platforms1
History
Opened1915
Previous namesGrand Trunk Pacific Railway
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Upper Fraser
toward Prince Rupert
 Jasper–Prince Rupert Sinclair Mills
toward Jasper

The station was opened in 1915 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway as the Dewey railway station. In 1930 the name of the community and station was changed to Cornel railway station and again in 1956 it was changed to McGregor.[3]

Footnotes
  1. "McGregor train station - VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca.
  2. "Jasper - Prince Rupert - Schedules". VIA Rail.
  3. "McGregor". BC Geographical Names.


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