Nova Scotia Railway Stations
Truro
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Intercolonial Railway
Publisher: Valentine & Sons, ca. 1906
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Intercolonial Railway (IRC dining room)
Publisher: Illustrated Post Card Co., Montreal, ca. 1907
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Intercolonial Railway (IRC dining room)
Publisher: Valentine & Sons, ca. 1910
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Intercolonial Railway (lunch counter and news stand)
Publisher: Valentine & Sons for J.M. O'Brien, prop, ca. 1914
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Intercolonial Railway (IRC dining room)
Publisher: Valentine & Sons for J.M. O'Brien, prop, ca. 1914
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Intercolonial Railway
Publisher: Valentine & Sons, ca. 1913
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Intercolonial Railway
Publisher: Valentine & Sons, ca. 1914
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Canadian Government Railways
ca. 1916
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Canadian National Railway
Publisher: Valentine & Sons, ca. 1920
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Canadian National Railway
Publisher: Canadian Railway News, Montreal,ca. 1920s
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Canadian National Railway
Publisher: CLC, ca. 1940s
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Canadian National Railway
Publisher: PECO, ca. 1940s
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Dominion Atlantic Railway
Photo: Edward Egan, 1976
Related railways
Truro's first station was a small wooden structure built by the Nova Scotia Railway in the late 1850s. In 1872 the NSR was absorbed by the Intercolonial Railway (later CGR and CN). That was followed by an expansive new station that included a dining room and offices for the railway staff. A new roundhouse was built in 1906. The second station lasted until 1911 when it was destroyed by fire.
Truro's third station was massive by anyone's standards. Built of sandstone, the station was close to two blocks long. Besides the CGR (later CN), the station was also home to the Dominion Atlantic Railway (later CPR), which arrived in Truro in 1905. The station lasted until 1972 when it was demolished by CN and replaced with a small, modern structure (not pictured), located in a strip mall. The DAR moved to a smaller freight and passenger facility. The former CN station has been owned by VIA Rail since 1978.