Pictou Landing Branch

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: Pictou Landing Branch
Description: Pictou Landing to New Glasgow

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

New Glasgow

Pictou County, Nova Scotia

Station Information

Pictou Landing

Pictou County, Nova Scotia

Station Information

Trenton

Pictou County, Nova Scotia

Station Information

Timetable

West Departures to New Glasgow

1897 West route timetable with stations as rows and trips as columns
Station	Mile	100 Accomodation Daily, Sunday excepted	22 Accomodation Daily, Sunday excepted	78 Accomodation Daily, Sunday excepted
Pictou Landing		07:45	16:35
Trenton	7.0	08:07	16:57	05:42
New Glasgow	8.0	08:10 Arrival	17:00 Arrival	05:46 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 Pictou Landing

1897 East route timetable with stations as rows and trips as columns
Station	Mile	79 Accomodation Daily, Sunday excepted	21 Accomodation Daily, Sunday excepted	101 Accomodation Daily, Sunday excepted
New Glasgow		05:33	06:45	15:40
Trenton	1.0	05:37 Arrival	06:48	15:43
Pictou Landing	8.0		07:10 Arrival	16:05 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.