Kamloops station is a

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Kamloops, British Columbia Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the administrative centre ...

, Canada. It serves as the overnight stopover point for the Rocky Mountaineer train service to

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and Banff from

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. The station was originally built for

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The station was declared a Heritage Railway Station in 1992.

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trains call at the Kamloops North station, not this station. The station building was restored and was previously home to a location of

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. As of 2021, it was planned that it would be remodelled as a local distillery and restaurant, however these plans fell through due to a lack of investment. It now hosts Twisted Steak steakhouse. The Kamloops Heritage Railway offers special excursion steam trains at various times through the year, trains depart from the station with tickets sold from their ticket office at 5-510 Lorne Street near the station.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamloops Railway Station Designated heritage railway stations in British Columbia Buildings and structures in Kamloops Railway stations in Canada opened in 1927 Rocky Mountaineer stations in British Columbia Canadian National Railway stations in British Columbia 1927 establishments in British Columbia

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