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The North Battleford station is a former railway station in
North Battleford, Saskatchewan North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the seventh largest city in the province and is directly across the North Saskatchewan River from the Town of Battleford. Together, the two communities are known as "The Bat ...
. It was built by the
Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...
in 1956 and used as a passenger terminal. North Battleford no longer receives scheduled passenger rail service (the closest stations are now served by
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station to the south in Biggar and
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), and the station is now used as office space for CNR, and was once the intercity bus terminal. The building is designed in the International Style with a main entrance in the tower; passenger facilities, waiting room and washrooms at one end on the ground floor with baggage and parcel service at the other end; office space on upper floors; much of the original interior finishes, (terrazzo, plaster and linoleum) still service. The building was designated a historic railway station in 1995.


See also

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List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada This is a list of railway stations in Canada which have been designated under the ''Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act''. The names given for stations are taken from the Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations maintained by th ...


References

{{reflist Canadian National Railway stations in Saskatchewan Designated heritage railway stations in Saskatchewan North Battleford Railway stations in Canada opened in 1956 Disused railway stations in Canada