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mainline in

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. The station is served by Via Rail's ''

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'' and is the eastern terminus for the Via Rail's

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. The

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company trains such as the ''Journey through the Clouds'' use the station as a terminus, these trains continue to

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History

Jasper was created as a

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in 1911 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 ...

. It was originally called Fitzhugh, part of the Grand Trunk Pacific's alphabet line, but was renamed in 1913 when the townsite was surveyed. By 1913 both the Grand Trunk and the

Canadian Northern Railway The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its 1923 merger into the Canadian National Railway , the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton. Mani ...

called on Jasper. By 1923 the CNoR and the GTPR were taken oven by the Canadian government and merged into the

, which continued to use the old GTPR station until it burned down during the winter of 1924–25. The current station was constructed by the CNR in 1926. The station was declared a heritage railway station by the federal government in 1992.

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Via Rail Station DescriptionTravel Guide to Jasper Station
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jasper Railway Station Via Rail stations in Alberta Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Alberta Jasper, Alberta Railway stations in Canada opened in 1926 Canadian National Railway stations in Alberta Rocky Mountaineer stations in Alberta 1926 establishments in Alberta

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