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Revision as of 21:13, 11 December 2013
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax Subdivision Mile 0 on Canadian National's Bedford Subdivision
- Next station west: Armdale
Facilities & Features
- D.A.R. Freight Shed. The DAR maintained its own freight and express shed in Halifax for many years.
- Lord Nelson Hotel. The DAR was also a part owner of the Lord Nelson Hotel which functioned as the DAR's railway hotel in Halifax.
Commerce & Industry
Description & History
The DAR gained access to Halifax through running rights over 15 miles of the Bedford Subdivision of the Canadian National. This access was inherited from rights granted to the Windsor and Annapolis Railway from the Intercolonial Railway. This gave the DAR to access the large terminal station and the shipping piers of Halifax.
Operations & Orders
DAR trains used the Intercolonial's North Street Station until 1919 when Canadian National shifted passenger trains to the South End where a large station was completed in 1927.
Gallery
Map of Halifax North Street Station, 1874
Halifax circa 1890s.
Halifax circa 1890s.
Halifax Deepwater Terminal Yard, with DAR apple train, 1925.
The DAR's Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax as depicted in the DAR's 1936 Time Table.
No. 2511 at Halifax in August 1949 after arriving with Train No. 96.
No. 2511 at Halifax in August 1949 after arriving with Train No. 96.
Train No. 99 at Halifax on July 7, 1954 ready to go to Yarmouth.
Halifax passenger terminal and freight yard on July 21, 1975.
