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| − | 1874-1879 - The [[:Category:Western Counties Railway | + | 1874-1879 - The [[:Category:Western Counties Railway|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]]. | 1891 - The Canadian federal government completed the "missing link" in the line from [[Digby]] to [[Annapolis Royal]]. | ||
Revision as of 21:25, 20 November 2008
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.
Pages in category "Subdivision Yarmouth"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
