Banff station

Banff station is a railway station in Banff, Alberta, Canada. It is used by Royal Canadian Pacific and the Rocky Mountaineer, and previously by Canadian Pacific Railway and Via Rail. The station is on a Canadian Pacific Kansas City line.[1]

This article is about station in Alberta. For the station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see Banff railway station (Scotland).
Banff
General information
LocationRailway Avenue, Banff, Alberta
Canada
Coordinates51°10′55″N 115°34′33″W
History
Previous names
Services
Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station
Lake Louise
towards Rocky Mountaineer
 First Passage to the West Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Lake Louise
toward Vancouver
 The Canadian
before 1990
 Calgary
toward Toronto
Preceding station Rocky Mountaineer Following station
Lake Louise
towards Rocky Mountaineer
 First Passage to the West Calgary
Terminus
Lake Louise
towards Seattle
 Coastal Passage Terminus
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Castle Mountain
toward Vancouver
 Main Line Bankhead
toward Montreal Windsor
Location
Banff
Location within Alberta
Banff
Banff (Canada)

The station was originally built for the Canadian Pacific Railway, serving the railway's Banff Springs Hotel. The station was opened in 1910[2] and declared a heritage railway station by the federal government in 1991.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Train Schedule & Station Locations". Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  2. "Canadian Pacific Railway Station - Banff". HistoricPlaces.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. "The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Alberta". Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
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