Churchill railway station
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Churchill railway station is a railway station located in the town of Churchill
, Manitoba
, Canada
. It is served by the Hudson Bay Railway
owned by the U.S-based OmniTRAX
, as well as the national passenger carrier, Via Rail Canada. The station is located 820 kilometres (509.5 mi) northeast from The Pas, Manitoba
, on the shore of Hudson Bay
.
The railway to Churchill was originally built by the Canadian National and completed in 1929. The Churchill railway station is a national heritage railway station in 1992, and has been restored to its former glory by the federal government. The station building now includes a museum.
Churchill, Manitoba
Churchill is a town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" that has helped its growing tourism industry.-History:A variety of nomadic...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is served by the Hudson Bay Railway
Hudson Bay Railway
Hudson Bay Railway is a Canadian railway operating over of trackage in northern Manitoba.HBRY was formed in July 1997 to purchase former Canadian National Railway trackage running north from CN trackage at The Pas, MB on two branches, one to Flin Flon, MB and on to Lynn Lake, MB, the other to...
owned by the U.S-based OmniTRAX
OmniTRAX
OmniTRAX, Inc. is one of North America's largest private railroad and transportation management companies, providing management services to 16 regional and short-line railroads that serve 10 U.S...
, as well as the national passenger carrier, Via Rail Canada. The station is located 820 kilometres (509.5 mi) northeast from The Pas, Manitoba
The Pas, Manitoba
The Pas is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located in Division No. 21, Manitoba in the Northern Region, some 630 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, near the border of Saskatchewan. It is sometimes still called Paskoyac by locals as the first trading post was called Fort Paskoyac...
, on the shore of Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay , sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, southeastern Nunavut, as well as parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,...
.
The railway to Churchill was originally built by the Canadian National and completed in 1929. The Churchill railway station is a national heritage railway station in 1992, and has been restored to its former glory by the federal government. The station building now includes a museum.