Summary
Tower Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is an office tower and retail centre connected to the Calgary Tower. It is only three minutes on foot from the CTrain's 1 Street SW station and Centre Street station.
Tower Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former Rocky Mountaineer station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Via Rail train at the station in 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 131 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°02′39″N 114°03′47″W / 51.0441°N 114.0631°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Aspen Properties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 1,403 above ground stalls[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Disused | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1967 (as Canadian Pacific Railway station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 1990 (as Via Rail station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former railway services edit
Below the office tower and retail centre are the remains of a disused inter-city railway station formerly used by Canadian Pacific Railway, Via Rail, Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific passenger train services.[2] The station is on the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway line.
The station was completed in 1967 to serve the Canadian Pacific Railway. Following Via Rail's takeover of Canadian Pacific's passenger services, it was managed by Via Rail until the company's 1990 service reductions ended regular rail services to Calgary. Afterwards, both Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific used the station intermittently for several years as a boarding point for their rail tours.[3]
References edit
- ^ "TOWER CENTRE | Calgary". Aspen Properties. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Departure and Arrival Schedules & Information, for days on the train". Rocky Mountaineer. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
- ^ "Old Canadian Train Stations, Western Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta". www.yourrailwaypictures.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
External links edit
- All Aboard! When Calgary had whistle stops and other rail rarities (CBC News)
- Old Canadian Train Stations, Western Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
- VIA Rail Station under Calgary Tower (Imgur) - Photos of the former train station in 2017