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Old 4th Apr 2008, 19:47
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BeechNut
 
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P.S. Haven't visited in a while. Has Windsor station in Montreal been renamed?
Renamed? No. Castrated? Yes. Castrated as in "the trains don't go there anymore". When they built the hockey arena (Bell Center or whatever sugar daddy wants it name on it these days), the plunked it down where the station's old train shed used to be, and they built a new station on the end of the arena, a couple of hundred meters from the old one. It's called "Gare Lucien Lallier". He was the engineer that essentially was responsible for the metro system. There is still a corridor, I think, linking it to the old Windsor station, which is now just a fine old building with the life sucked right out of it.

As you can tell, I am something of a railway enthusiast in addition to planes. Planes, trains and automobiles, actually, should be my motto. I think buildings with the name "station" in them, should actually have trains stopping there.

Incidentally that line is now used exclusively for commuter trains. No more intercity trains, those are all located at Central Station a few blocks away.

Beech
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