Bend station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Bend, British Columbia. Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train calls at the station as a flag stop.
The stop is across the Fraser River from the village of Dome Creek which is accessible by Gravel Road from Yellowhead Highway 16.
History
Bend, like Guilford to its northwest, and Kidd to its southeast, was an original train station (1914) on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway1914 Timetable. p. 4. (the Canadian National Railway after nationalization). Bend lies at Mile 57.7, Fraser Subdivision (about Mile 147 during the line's construction).
Commencing the 1928 special Dominion Day train to Prince George from Bend suggests the community's significance at the time.Prince George Citizen, 28 Jun 1928 At the rail bridge in 1931, a train struck and killed Elfrida Strand, who was searching for stray horses with her husband.Prince George Citizen: 6, 13 & 27 Aug 1931 In 1948, another rail accident occurred when two forestry speeders carrying 17 men to a forest fire at Loos collided near Bend, resulting in hospitalizations.Prince George Citizen, 24 Jun 1948 In 1946, a spirited moose paced a westbound train. Tripping on the encrusted snow at Mile 58, it fell behind the tender, derailing four freight cars.Prince George Citizen, 7 Mar 1946
Built in 1914, the standard-design Plan 100-152 (Bohi's Type E) station building could not have survived the 1942 fire, or been the structure dismantled in 1962. The fate of an unidentified freight and passenger shelter is unclear.
Service 1914–c.1915 c.1916–c.1921 c.1921–1931 1932–1942 1943–c.1948 c.1949–1968 1968–1977 1977–present 1920 Timetable. Bulkley Valley Museum. p. 8. 1922 Timetable: Northern BC Archives. p. 81923 Timetable. p. 70.1925 Timetable. p. 105. Prince George Citizen: 12 & 19 Nov 19311932 Timetable. p. 58.1933 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 8.1935 Timetable. p. 60.1942 Timetable. p. 58. 1943 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 9.1945 Timetable. p. 61. 1949 Timetable. p. 59.1960 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 21–221964 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 441965 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–261967 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 38 1968 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–261972 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–261973 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 18 1990 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 95–971992 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 103–105Recent timetables Passenger Regular stop Flag stop Flag stop Flag stop Flag stop Flag stop Way freight Flag stop probably Flag stop probably Regular stop Regular stop Regular stop Flag stop Flag stop
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