The New Carlisle station is a closed railway station in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. It served the Montreal-Gaspé train until service was suspended east of Matapédia station in 2013 due to deteriorating track conditions.
New Carlisle | |||||||||||
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Location | 6 rue Vimy New Carlisle, Quebec[1] Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48.007°N 65.323°W / 48.007; -65.323 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 plus 2 wyes | ||||||||||
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Website | New Carlisle train station | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1947 | ||||||||||
Closed | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Heritage Railway Station (Canada) | |||||||||||
Designated | 1994 | ||||||||||
The station is a designated Heritage Railway Station, so protected since 1994. The station was built by the Canadian National Railways in 1947. The imposing, two-storey structure was built according to a 1920s plan "for Québec stations, in which the upper floor accommodates the administrative functions of a divisional point station, in addition to the station agent’s residence." The current station was built to replace a former building, destroyed by fire. [2]
On November 9, 1942, German spy Werner von Janowski came ashore from German submarine U-518 in Chaleur Bay, four miles to the west of town. He boarded a train in the New Carlisle station which the present one replaced. He intended to travel to Montreal, but was captured almost immediately after boarding.
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