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Following the CPR's withdrawal of passenger services to downtown Edmonton in 1972, the station building was demolished in 1978 despite an effort to save it. [2] Edmonton is still served by passenger trains, with Via Rail's Canadian stopping at its station since 1998, when the CN Tower station was closed and the CN yard in downtown Edmonton was removed.
Coliseum station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves the Capital Line. It is located at 78 Street and 118 Avenue, near Northlands Coliseum, and is built on an overpass above 118 Avenue (Alberta Avenue).
A passenger elevator is designed to move people between a building's floors. Passenger elevators capacity is related to the available floor space. Generally passenger elevators in buildings of eight floors or fewer are hydraulic or electric, which can reach speeds up to 1 m/s (200 ft/min) hydraulic and up to 3 m/s (500 ft/min) electric.
Stannah Lifts Holdings Ltd is a provider of elevators, escalators and moving walkways and manufacturer of stairlifts and platform lifts. The headquarters are in Andover, Hampshire , England. The company makes various commercial lifts, but it is known for its stairlifts .
Loram provides maintenance of way services to Class I and shortline railroads, rapid transit systems, and commuter rail systems [2] worldwide. [6] The Railway Supply Institute said in 2015 that Loram was "one of the leading suppliers of track maintenance machinery and services in North America and the global market". [2]
The company was rechartered in 1911 under the ownership of J.D. McArthur as the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway (ED&BC). Construction of the ED&BC started in 1912 heading toward Westlock, Alberta, reaching High Prairie in 1914, and Spirit River in 1915.
Inter-City Limited [7] Grand Trunk Western Canadian National: Chicago, IL – Montreal, QC [1948] 1929-1963 International: Amtrak and Via Rail: Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON (aka 'International Limited') [1985] 1982-2004 International: Great Northern: Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC [1955] 1950-1971 International Limited [7] Grand Trunk Western ...
Canadian Pacific Steamships Ocean Services Ltd. (1915–1971) 1917 SS Scotian: 1898 Originally the SS Statendam of Holland America Line Then the Allan Line's SS Scotian from 1911 to 1917. Renamed SS Marglen (1922-1927) 1927 1921 RMS Empress of India [13] 1907 1908