Halifax and Southwestern Railway Timetables
Name/Title
Halifax and Southwestern Railway TimetablesEntry/Object ID
2021.1188.01Description
Timetables showing the times, stations, lines, miles, and direction for each scheduled train operating on the "ocean shore route". The routes go on the mainline from: Halifax to Yarmouth and back, as well as Lunenburg to Port Wade, and Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New Maritime Province Points. The timetable also includes: rail connections, steamer connections, stage and mail coach connections, information for passengers, a map showing the railway routes, advertisements, tourist destinations, officers of the traffic department, and information on Canadian Northern. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Copy of an original document published by the Halifax and Southwestern Railway Company during the 1910s. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National, Halifax and Southwestern