Farnham station (Quebec)

A Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train at Farnham railway station

Farnham station, or the Canadian Pacific Railway station is a disused railway station in Farnham, Quebec, Canada.[1][2] Its address is 191 Victoria Road. The current station was built in 1950[3] to replace a previous station building (built in 1879–1882)[4][5][6] which burned down in 1949, and opened to passenger service on March 8, 1951. The station saw its final passenger service on October 24, 1980. It was designated as a heritage railway station under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act in 1994.[7]

The Farnham station building last served as the headquarters for the Canadian operations of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA), which declared bankruptcy in August 2013 as a direct result of the Lac-Mégantic derailment in July that year.[8]

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  2. ^ "Farnham – Les vieilles gares du Québec". Patrimoine du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. ^ "[Gare] Farnham, Québec, Canada". BAnQ numérique (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  4. ^ "MP-0000.1045.16 | C.P.R. Station, Farnham, QC, about 1910 | Print (photomechanical) | | McCord Museum". McCord Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  5. ^ "C.P.R. Station, Farnham, Que". BAnQ numérique (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  6. ^ "Gare de triage du Canadian Pacific à Farnham" [C. P. R. Yard, Farnham, P.Q.]. BAnQ numérique (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  7. ^ Farnham Canadian Pacific Railway Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  8. ^ Perreaux, Les (July 27, 2013). "Journey to the end of the MM&A Railway line". The Globe and Mail.