The Portage la Prairie station is a railway station in

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Hi ...

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, currently served by

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating ...

's transcontinental ''

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'', and the

Winnipeg–Churchill train The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the ''Hudson Bay'' and, before that, ''Northern Spirits'') is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry-land connection betwe ...

. A one-story brick building, the station operates as a flag stop for the ''Canadian,'' with 24-hour advance notice recommended, as well as being a regular stop on the Winnipeg-Churchill route. It was originally served by the Canadian National Railway mainline. Also designated a national historic site is the

Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway Station The Portage la Prairie Canadian Pacific Railway station is a former Canadian Pacific Railway station that is being restored as a museum. Passenger rail service in the community is now provided at the Portage la Prairie railway station. This stat ...

that no longer provides passenger services but operates as a museum.

History

This Portage la Prairie station was built in 1908 by the

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway running from Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a Pacific coast port. East of Winnipeg the line continued as the National Tra ...

(predecessor of the Canadian National Railway) and the

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as a

union station A union station (also known as a union terminal, a joint station in Europe, and a joint-use station in Japan) is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to ...

. The station was designated a national historic site in 1992. It was formerly used as a

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bus stop until the early 2000s when it moved to Portage la Prairie Mall. Greyhound Canada service later ended in

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on October 31, 2018.

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External links

Via Rail Station Information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Portage la Prairie Via Rail/Canadian National Railways Station Via Rail stations in Manitoba Canadian National Railway stations in Manitoba Railway stations in Manitoba Designated heritage railway stations in Manitoba Railway stations in Canada opened in 1908 Union stations in Canada Portage la Prairie 1908 establishments in Manitoba Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations