Rivers station

{{Short description|Railway station in Manitoba, Canada}}

{{distinguish|River Station}}

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| name = Rivers

| style = Via Rail

| image = Rivers Train Station.JPG

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| address = Hwy 250 & Hwy 25, Rivers, Manitoba

| country = Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|50|01|44|N|100|14|19|W|region:CA-MB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

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| structure = Shelter

| platform = 1 side platform

| tracks = 2

| parking = Yes

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| opened = 1917

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| former = Brandon North
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Via Rail|line=Canadian|left=Melville|right=Portage la Prairie}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Canadian National Railway|line1=Main|left1=Myra|right1=Knox|system2=Via Rail|line2=Canadian|left2=Regina|right2=Portage la Prairie|note-mid2=before 1990}}

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The Rivers railway station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Rivers, Manitoba, in the centre of town. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian.{{Cite web|url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/prairies-and-northern-manitoba/rivers|title=Rivers train station|access-date=2009-11-22|archive-date=2009-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224083343/http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/prairies-and-northern-manitoba/rivers|url-status=live}} The station operates as a flag stop with 48-hour advance notice.

The station was originally built in 1917 for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The station building is a 1½ story structure made of concrete to halfway up the first story, brick to the roof line.{{cite web

|url =http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4324&pid=0

|title =Canadian National Railways Station

|work =Heritage Properties

|publisher =Historical Places - A Joint Federal, Provincial and Territorial Initiative

|accessdate =2012-05-20

|archive-date =2016-03-08

|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160308045657/http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4324&pid=0

|url-status =live

}} The station building was closed in the 1990s, however trains continued to serve the community as a flag stop. The station was designated a national historic site in 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/gfp-hrs/mb_E.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028223406/http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/gfp-hrs/mb_E.asp |archivedate=2006-10-28 }} A local community group is working on restoring the building.

In 2008, Via Rail (Via) relocated its facilities serving The Canadian from Brandon North railway station (located {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} away) to the Rivers railway station.{{Cite web |url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/media-room/latest-news/1220/02-september-2008-via-expands-station-services-in-rivers,-manitoba |title=Via Expands Station Services in Rivers, Manitoba Press Release Wednesday, 31 December 2008 |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-date=20 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120204819/http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/media-room/latest-news/1220/02-september-2008-via-expands-station-services-in-rivers,-manitoba |url-status=live }}