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March 27, 1990 - CP Rail formally abandons the Kentville Subdivision from Kentville (mileage 4.6) to Annapolis Royal (mileage 58.4) and the Yarmouth Subdivision from Annapolis Royal (mileage 0.0) to Yarmouth (mileage 86.6), a total distance of 140.4 miles. | March 27, 1990 - CP Rail formally abandons the Kentville Subdivision from Kentville (mileage 4.6) to Annapolis Royal (mileage 58.4) and the Yarmouth Subdivision from Annapolis Royal (mileage 0.0) to Yarmouth (mileage 86.6), a total distance of 140.4 miles. | ||
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| + | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | Image:YA-00.00 Annapolis Royal.jpg|Track Schematic for Annapolis Royal. | ||
| + | Image:YA-04.78 Upper Clements.jpg|Track Schematic for Upper Clements. | ||
| + | Image:YA-10.40 Deep Brook.jpg|Track Schematic for Deep Brook. | ||
| + | Image:YA-13.62 Bear River.jpg|Track Schematic for Bear River. | ||
| + | Image:YA-14.45 Imbertville.jpg|Track Schematic for Imbertville. | ||
| + | </Gallery> | ||
[[Category:Trackage]] | [[Category:Trackage]] | ||
Revision as of 00:42, 22 September 2009
1874-1879 - The Western Counties Railway built the line from Yarmouth to Digby.
1891 - The Canadian federal government completed the "missing link" in the line from Digby to Annapolis Royal.
1893 - The Dominion Atlantic Railway is created and the Annapolis Royal to Yarmouth line becomes the Yarmouth Subdivision of the DAR.
June 28, 1988 - CP Rail applies to the National Transportation Agency to abandon all trackage west of Kentville to Yarmouth.
July 13, 1989 - the NTA concludes in Decision No. 350-R-1989 that CP Rail's trackage from Kentville to Yarmouth is uneconomic. In Order No. 1989-R-182 also issued that day, the NTA dictates that operation of this trackage be abandoned 1 year from this date.
January 15, 1990 - VIA Rail Canada discontinues its Evangeline passenger train service from Halifax to Yarmouth.
March 27, 1990 - CP Rail formally abandons the Kentville Subdivision from Kentville (mileage 4.6) to Annapolis Royal (mileage 58.4) and the Yarmouth Subdivision from Annapolis Royal (mileage 0.0) to Yarmouth (mileage 86.6), a total distance of 140.4 miles.
Gallery
Track Schematic for Annapolis Royal.
Track Schematic for Upper Clements.
Track Schematic for Deep Brook.
Track Schematic for Bear River.
Track Schematic for Imbertville.
Pages in category "Subdivision Yarmouth"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
