Wellington station (British Columbia)

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Wellington
General information
Location	Wellington Road & Jingle Pot Road Wellington, BC Canada
Coordinates	49°12′25″N 124°01′02″W / 49.2069°N 124.0172°W / 49.2069; -124.0172
Line(s)	Victoria – Courtenay train
Construction
Structure type	none
History
Opened	1888
Closed	2011
Former services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Nanoose Bay toward Courtenay Victoria–Courtenay Nanaimo toward Victoria Preceding station Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Following station Nanoose toward Courtenay Main Line Northfield toward Victoria

The Wellington station located in the Wellington area of Nanaimo, British Columbia, was a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner service,^{[1][failed verification]} which ended in 2011. The station is on the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island mainline. The station was named after the town of Wellington which formed around and next to the Wellington Colliery which was named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a leading British military and political figure in the 19th century.^[2]