Saint-Jean-d'Iberville station

Saint-Jean-d'Iberville

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first train in Canada, a replica of an old steam engine used by The Champlain & St. Lawrence Railway was brought into the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu railway station in 1936

General information

Location

31 Frontenac Street, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Canada

Line(s)

Rouses Point Subdivision

History

Opened

1890

National Historic Site of Canada

Official name

Saint-Jean-d'Iberville Railway Station (Grand Trunk) National Historic Site of Canada

Designated

1976

Previous names

St. Johns

Former services post-1946

Preceding station		Following station
St. Lambert toward Montreal	Central Vermont Route	Grand Ligne toward East Alburgh
Lacadie toward Montreal	St. Johns services	Grande Ligne toward Rouses Point
Lacadie toward Montreal	St. Johns services	Iberville toward Waterloo

Former services pre-1946

Preceding station	Canadian National Railway		Following station
St. Lambert toward Montreal		Central Vermont Route	through to CV
Lacadie toward Montreal		St. Johns services	Grande Ligne toward Rouses Point
Lacadie toward Montreal		St. Johns services	Iberville toward Waterloo
Preceding station	Central Vermont Railway		Following station
through to CN		Main Line	Iberville toward New London

Saint-Jean-d'Iberville station (French: Gare du Grand Tronc à Saint-Jean-d'Iberville) is a former railway station in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. The station was built in 1890 by the Grand Trunk Railway and is located at 31 Frontenac Street.^[1]

Until September 3, 1966 the Boston & Maine's Montreal to Boston and New York Ambassador made daily stops at the station. The company's night train, Washingtonian southbound to Washington and Montrealer northbound to Montreal made nightly stops at the station until September 6, 1966.^[2]^[3]^[4] The station was omitted from stops when Amtrak reinstated the Montrealer in 1972.

It was recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada on June 15, 1976.^[1] Today it operates as a town tourism office.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Saint-Jean-d'Iberville Railway Station (Grand Trunk) National Historic Site of Canada". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ "Canadian National Railways, Table 35". Official Guide of the Railways. 98 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1966.
^ Passenger Trains of Northern New England in the Streamline Era. Holland, Kevin. TLC Publishing. Lynchburg, VA, 2004, p. 151
^ "Passenger Service Ended". The Gazette (Montreal). September 6, 1966. p. 33 – https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71706839/the-gazette/

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