Hope station (British Columbia)

Hope station is a railway station in Hope, British Columbia, Canada, located along CN railway tracks. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian as a flag stop (48-hour advance notice required).^[1]

Hope
The station seen in 1928
General information
Location	6th Ave. and Fort St. Hope, BC Canada
Coordinates	49°22′44″N 121°26′12″W / 49.37896°N 121.43665°W / 49.37896; -121.43665
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Sign post
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Chilliwack toward Vancouver The Canadian Boston Bar One-way operation
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Floods toward Vancouver Main Line Trafalgar toward Montreal
Location
Hope Location within British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Hope Hope (Canada) Show map of Canada

The station is only served by westbound trains towards Vancouver. Eastbound trains call at Katz railway station along the CPR tracks, on the other side of the Fraser River. This split in service between Vancouver and Ashcroft is due to CN and CPR utilizing directional running through the Thompson- and Fraser Canyon.

The station was built by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1916, one of three nearly identical designs by CNoR architect John Schofield.^[2] The other two stations, since demolished, were located in Chilliwack BC, and Estevan, SK. The station was moved in the 1980s to the business road and intersection after CN divested itself of passenger services. Again this station faces demolition early in 2021.

Footnotes

1. "Hope train station". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
2. "Schofield, John (1883-1971)". Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800 - 1950. Retrieved August 16, 2022.

External links

• Via Rail Station Description