Union Railway Station
Union Station is the inter-city railway station for Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a grand beaux-arts structure situated near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Winnipeg, Canada
- Also known as: “Union Station” and “Winnipeg Union Station”
- Address: 123 Main Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winnipeg Railway Museum and Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Winnipeg Railway Museum
Museum
The Winnipeg Railway Museum was a railway museum located on tracks 1 and 2 within the Via Rail-operated Union Station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Volunteers from the Midwestern Rail Association Inc, a non-profit organization founded in 1975, operated the museum.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Museum
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a Canadian Crown corporation and national museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, adjacent to The Forks. The purpose of the museum is to "explore the subject of human rights with a special but not exclusive reference… Canadian Museum for Human Rights is situated 290 metres northeast of Union Railway Station.
Canada Life Centre
Stadium
Canada Life Centre is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the home of the NHL's Winnipeg Jets and their AHL affiliate the Manitoba Moose, as well as the CEBL's Winnipeg Sea Bears. Canada Life Centre is situated 790 metres northwest of Union Railway Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Winnipeg and Winnipeg.
Downtown Winnipeg
Suburb
Downtown Winnipeg is an area of Winnipeg located near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. It is the oldest urban area in Winnipeg, and is home to the city's commercial core, city hall, the seat of Manitoba's provincial government, and a number of major attractions and institutions.
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is Manitoba's capital and has more people than the rest of Manitoba combined. It stands midway on the Trans-Canada Highway and railway. With nearly 750,000 inhabitants, The Peg is the metropolis for the Canadian Prairies and is as diverse as the majority of Canada.Exchange District
Neighborhood
The Exchange District is a National Historic Site of Canada in the downtown area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Just one block north of Portage and Main, the Exchange District comprises twenty city blocks and approximately 150 heritage buildings, and it is known for its intact early 20th century collection of warehouses, financial institutions, and early terracotta-clad skyscrapers.
Union Railway Station
- Categories: union station, building, historic site, and transportation
- Location: Manitoba, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.88896° or 49° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
-97.13426° or 97° 8′ 3″ west
Elevation
238 metres (781 feet)
Inception
1911
Levels
4
Height
12 metres (39 feet)
Operator
VIA Rail Canada
Abbreviation
“WNPG”
IATA airport code
XEF
Open location code
86X4VVQ8+H7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_station
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=train_station
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Union Railway Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫尼伯聯合車站”
- Chinese: “聯合車站 (溫尼伯)”
- Chinese: “聯合車站”
- Finnish: “Union Station (Winnipeg)”
- Finnish: “Union Station”
- Finnish: “Winnipeg Union Station”
- French: “gare de Winnipeg”
- French: “gare Union de Winnipeg”
- French: “Gare Union de Winnipeg”
- French: “Winnipeg Union”
- Japanese: “ユニオン駅”
- Polish: “Winnipeg Union Station”
- Serbian: “Железничка станица Уније у Винипегу”
- Spanish: “Union Station (Winnipeg)”
- Spanish: “Union Station”
- Urdu: “یونین اسٹیشن (ونی پیگ)”
- Urdu: “یونین اسٹیشن”
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