Penny station is a railway station in Penny, British Columbia. It is on the Canadian National Railway mainline and serves as a flag stop for Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train.[2][3]
Penny | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Penny, BC Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°51′N 121°17′W[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Sign post | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1914 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1947 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway | ||||||||||
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The station was built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914. The original building burned down in a 1947 fire and the station building from Lindup, British Columbia was moved to this location. The station building was again moved in 1988 to the Prince George Railway Museum.[1]
Penny no longer receives mail by train. The service was cut off in January 2014.
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