Saskatoon station is a historic railway station building in

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, Canada. It was built in 1908. It was designated a

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in 1976, and has also been protected as a Heritage Railway Station of Canada since 1990.

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earned the nickname ''Hub City'' from the contributions of the

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, CNR and GTP. The station was situated on the Regina,

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rail line.

Geography and location

Saskatoon's CP station is located at 305

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, in the Caswell Hill Neighborhood, Core Neighbourhoods Suburban Development Area.

History

Opened in 1908, the station served as a passenger depot, telegraph station, mail and freight depot. The CPR discontinued passenger service in 1960, maintaining it as an office site until 1993 when it was sold to Ken Achs who restored the building. The CP station has not been used as a rail station for many years, and currently houses several businesses. Received the 1995 SAHS (Saskatchewan Architectural Heritage Society) Heritage Architecture Excellence Awards which was bestowed by Saskatchewan's Lieutenant-Governor.Lt.-Gov.of Saskatchewan Heritage Architecture Excellence Awards
URL accessed April 19, 2007 The city of Saskatoon is served by Via Rail's

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service; however, that line uses the New Saskatoon Railway Station located southwest of the downtown core.

Nearby

Two other municipal heritage buildings are close to the Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific), the Rumely Warehouse, built in 1913 and the Fairbanks Morse Warehouse. Both are located in the

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which sprang up to support both the CNR railway station and railyards and the

. The Midtown Plaza shopping mall was built on the site of the former downtown CNR railway station in the late 1960s; in the 1990s the mall underwent a major renovation that included changing the front facade to resemble the style of the old railway station.

Footnotes

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