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Image:CP Local Kentville NS 8-59.jpg|An eastbound freight passes the [[Kentville Station]] in August of 1959.
 
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The Kentville Station at its height with all additions in 1942. Courtesy Jim Taylor

Kentville Station

The Kentville station was built in 1869 by the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. It served as divisional and corporate headquarters for the DAR as well as serving Kentville's passenger, baggage and telegraph traffic. A lunch room also operated in the west end of the station for most of its history. A 30 foot baggage room was added to the east in 1889.[1] A major addition, designed in 1902 and completed by 1904, added a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west. Another 40 foot extension with six dormers was added to the west in 1914-1915. The station was initially a straw yellow colour with dark red trim. It was given an a dark red and black trim paint scheme in World War Two. The platform awnings were gradually cut back over the years and many offices became vacant as Canadian Pacific centralized operations. In 1970, the dispatcher's office was closed as the CP office in Saint John took over dispatching duties.[2] VIA Rail moved its passenger service out of the old station in May 1988.[3] VIA's new station was a brick structure with a tower that echoed the tower of the old wooden DAR station. It was built at a cost of $240,000. The new station opened for passengers in late May and was officially opened in June.[4] The new station served only a year and a half until passenger service was canceled. The DAR's wooden station was demolished in 1990. The VIA brick station now serves as a bus station.

Windsor & Annapolis Railway Wood Station 1869 - 1889

The original Station 74' x 32' in size with a 350' platform, 12' wide. On the freight station side the platform measured 260' x 12'. The two story station housed the general office upstairs.[5]

Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.

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  • The first recorded photo of the Kentville Station taken in August 1869, also showing the Freight Shed and Car Shop.

  • Kentville Station and Yard July 27, 1871

  • Kentville Station and Yar 27 July 1871.

  • Evangeline & St. Croix at Kentville Station 1872

Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1889 - 1904

Original station with a 30 foot baggage room added to the east in the 1889[6].

Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1904 - 1914

A major addition, designed in 1902 and completed by 1904, added a central tower, all-round platform awnings and a 40 foot extension to the west. The new dimensions of the station to 32' 4" wide, 36' high to the roof peak (42 ' high to the top of the tower) and 145 feet long.[7]

Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.

Original 1902 Hebert Gates plans for the Kentville Station at the Nova Scotia Archives: 1.2.7.38

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  • Kentville Station circa 1904-1914

  • Kentville Station circa 1904-1914

  • Kentville Station circa 1914-1918

  • Kentville Station platform, about 1905 with T. L. Dodge hardware store

  • P. R. Ritcey warehouses looking west to the Kentville Station, circa 1910.

  • Drawing of east end of Kentville Station by Dan Conlin

  • Drawing of west end of Kentville Station by Dan Conlin

Dominion Atlantic Railway Wood Station 1915 - 1990

Another 40 foor extension with six dormers was added to the west in 1914-1915. This brought the final dimensions of the station to 32' 4" wide, 36' high to the roof peak (42 ' high to the top of the tower) and 185 feet long. The 1915 addition brought the total length to 185 feet.

1915 - 1943

Station painted straw yellow with dark red and white trim.

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1943 - 1967

Station painted dark red with black trim and white windows.

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1967 to 1990

Station painted solid dark red.

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Other Known Images

Kentville Station in 1969 - Canada Science and Technology Museum Image STR04091a.

VIA Rail Station 1988-1989

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  • Kentville Station, July 16, 1989. Old station in foreground, new brick station in background to right.

  • Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 30, 1990 article on school children witnessing final passenger run at Kentville Station.

Station Interior Details

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References and Footnotes

  1. ↑ Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by J. B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15
  2. ↑ Bob Mohowski, "Dominion Atlantic Railway", Railpace Newsmagazine, March 1984, p. 33
  3. ↑ Kentville Advertiser, July 19, 1988, article located by by Conrad Davison
  4. ↑ Kentville Advertiser, "Kentville's New Train Station", June 3, 1988, article located by Conrad Davison
  5. ↑ Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab, C. E., November 1, 1873. p14, p21
  6. ↑ Construction date of 1889 addition given in transcript of the Department of Railways and Canals, Engineer's Report, 1889, compiled by J. B. King, Scotia Railway Society Collection, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, RG28 Series S Vol. 4 File 15
  7. ↑ Herbert Gates architectural plans for Kentville Station, 1902, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
  • Canadian Railway Station Guide Bruce Ballantyne, Bytown Railway Society, 1998
  • Devil's Half Acre Mabel Nichols Kentville Centenniel Committee, 1986
  • Former Kentville Railway Station, Kentville, Nova Scotia Robert Hunter, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada report, RSR 6

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External Links

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