Snapshot in Time: Historical Service

Historical snapshots based on data from available timetables.

Route Details (as of 1897)

Service Type
Rail Service
Agency
Intercolonial Railway of Canada
Division
Sydney and Oxford District
Route
Stellarton and Pictou
Description
Stellarton to Pictou
Source
Intercolonial Railway of Canada, Time Table No. 60, and Special Rules, For the use of Employees only. To Take Effect at 1.00 O'Clock, on Monday, June 21st, 1897. (June 21, 1897).
Stations
Brown's Point
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Lochbroom
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Pictou
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Stellarton
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Sylvester
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Westville
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Timetable
West Departures to Pictou
1897 West route timetable with stations as rows and trips as columns
StationMile62
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
66
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
140
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
28
Express
Daily, Sunday excepted
74
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
88
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
Stellarton06:3021:3017:4511:45
Westville3.006:3821:3817:5311:54
Sylvester8.006:50 f21:52 f18:07 f12:08 f
Lochbroom11.006:57 f22:00 f18:15 f12:16 f
Brown's Point12.007:0022:0518:2012:2007:4718:35
Pictou14.007:05
Arrival
22:1018:25
Arrival
12:25
Arrival
07:55
Arrival
18:40
Arrival

f - Passengers must tell the conductor that they wish to leave. Passengers waiting to board must activate the signal or be visible on the platform for the train to stop.

East Departures to Stellarton
1897 East route timetable with stations as rows and trips as columns
StationMile65
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
139
Express
Daily, Sunday excepted
73
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
27
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
87
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
61
Accomodation
Daily, Sunday excepted
Pictou20:1016:5513:0511:0006:5505:30
Brown's Point2.020:1517:0013:10
Arrival
11:0507:00
Arrival
05:36
Lochbroom3.020:20 f17:05 f11:08 f05:40 f
Sylvester6.020:28 f17:13 f11:16 f05:48 f
Westville11.020:4217:2711:2706:02
Stellarton14.020:50
Arrival
17:35
Arrival
11:35
Arrival
06:10
Arrival

f - Passengers must tell the conductor that they wish to leave. Passengers waiting to board must activate the signal or be visible on the platform for the train to stop.