Train No. 20

Train No. 20

1926 to circa 1930: Digby to Annapolis Royal Suburban Passenger Train - Daily Except Sunday

Operating on the Kentville Subdivision.

This relatively short-lived DAR passenger train was introduced on January 3, 1926. It left Digby at 4:30 pm and arrived in Annapolis Royal at 5:30pm, running complimentary to Train No. 19 which left Annapolis Royal at 9:00 am.(1) Along the way, the train stopped only at Clementsport and Bear River.(3) The service reflected the growth of Digby as a regional centre, drawing on Annapolis Royal and adjacent villages as a bedroom communities. The train does not appear to have survived the fall in passenger travel in the Depression and growth of car traffic, as it disappeared by 1931.(3)

References

(1)"Train Service on DAR Will Provide Better Facilities", Kentville Advertiser, Jan. 1, 1926, p. 3, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Manangement Microfilm Reel 4050.

(2) 1929 Dominion Atlantic Railway Passenger Time Table - June 21, 1929

(3) 1931 "Time Table No. 77 For Employees June 21, 1931", Dominion Atlantic Railway, p. 3