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| Location | Cassidy, BC Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°03′25″N 123°52′42″W / 49.057°N 123.8782°W / 49.057; -123.8782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Victoria – Courtenay train | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Cassidy station is located in Cassidy, British Columbia. The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner which ended in 2011. The station is on the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island mainline.
The Cassidy railway station was established on March 31, 1924 being named after Thomas Cassidy, a local farmer who homesteaded in the area and delivered milk and supplies to the railway.
Footnotes
- "Victoria-Courtenay train – Description | VIA Rail". 2009-07-06. Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
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