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35: 174: 399: 411: 601: 387:, showing when the station was used as a divisional point for steam locomotives and the transition to diesels. At the time, about half of the small community of 4,500 people were dependent on the railroad for their livelihoods. The yard at the station could see 20 trains a day and handle as many as 1,000 cars over a 24-hour period at that point in time. 371:
makes use of a twin-gabled plan that is unique in Saskatchewan. This reflects the special status the station had when it was built as a division point and junction on the railway line. The town was named after
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In 2010, the Melville Rail Station Heritage Association acquired the title to the station building. The group plans to restore both the interior and exterior of the station.
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The station and local railway buildings are featured in the 1956
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Designated heritage railway stations in Saskatchewan
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Melville
SK
50°55′35″N 102°48′26″W / 50.9263°N 102.8072°W / 50.9263; -102.8072
side platform
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Via Rail
Watrous
Vancouver
The Canadian
Rivers
Toronto
Canadian National Railway
Birmingham
Vancouver
Cana
Montreal
Colmer
Regina
Regina
Hudson Bay Junction
Brewer
Hudson Bay Junction
Canadian National Railway
Melville, Saskatchewan
Via Rail
The Canadian
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Charles Melville Hays

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