Edmonton station (Via Rail)


Edmonton railway station is on a spur off the Canadian National Railway mainline in Edmonton, Alberta. The railway station is located near the former Edmonton City Centre Airport, approximately 5.5 kilometres from the city centre. Served by Via Rail's The Canadian three times per week in each direction, the station is unusually located on a branch of the main line, meaning that trains must either reverse into or out. The station opened in 1998 following the closure of the downtown Via Rail station which was located in the lower level of Edmonton's CN Tower.

Former stations

Historically, this is the northwest point of a loop trains once followed to go into downtown Edmonton. Westbound, for example, trains would divert from the mainline at East Junction, head south as far as the CN passenger station, which was inside the CN Tower. The present-day Edmonton Light Rail Transit parallels some of the route, and remnants of the former mainline and railyards can still be seen along the way. The City Centre Campus of Grant MacEwan University lies on what was once CN railyards to the west of the former station. Trains would then swing north and rejoin the mainline at West Junction just north of the present station. Currently trains depart the station by heading out and going to the left westbound, or to the right eastbound.

Greyhound

's new bus station opened here on 30 May 2016. Greyhound operated a shuttle bus for their passengers with tickets, to deal with the lack of public transit to the station. There was no stop for the Edmonton Transit Service buses at the location until September 2017, when a shuttle service began for Greyhound ticket holders.
Greyhound services ceased all operations west of Sudbury, including Edmonton, on October 31, 2018.