Kamloops station is a

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, Canada. It serves as the overnight stopover point for the

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train service to

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, Banff and

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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 is being remodelled as a local distillery and restaurant. 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 St near the station.

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