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suspended service indefinitely due to poor track conditions and was replaced with a bus service operated by Via Rail. On August 12, 2011, the bus service ended with station closing.
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service, which has been indefinitely suspended since 2011. It is located on the
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The station is now used as the site of the Cowichan Valley Museum.
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The station was designated a Heritage Railway Stations in 1993.
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The current station building was built in 1912 by the
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Duncan
British Columbia
Canada
48°46′40″N 123°42′24″W / 48.77778°N 123.70667°W / 48.77778; -123.70667

Via Rail
Hayward
Courtenay
Victoria–Courtenay
Cowichan
Victoria
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Somenos
Courtenay
Koksilah
Victoria
Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
15463
Duncan
British Columbia
Via Rail
Dayliner
Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Via Rail
List of designated heritage railway stations of Canada
"Duncan train station | VIA Rail"
"Duncan"
BC Geographical Names

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