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Union Station

railway station in Winnipeg, Canada
Place railway_station Q3095569
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Summary

Union Station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month, #140 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Winnipeg[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Instance of: union station[5]
  • Connecting line: Redditt Subdivision[6]
  • Architect: Warren and Wetmore[7]
  • Owned by: Via Rail[8]
  • Operator: Via Rail[9]
  • Adjacent station: Portage la Prairie railway station[10], Elma railway station[11]
  • Commons category: Union Station (Winnipeg)[12]
  • Inception: 1911[13]
  • Connecting service: The Canadian[14], Winnipeg–Churchill train[15]
  • Heritage designation: national historic site of Canada[16], Heritage Railway Station of Canada[17]
  • Date of official opening: 1911[18]
  • Elevation above sea level: 237 m[19]
  • Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible[20]
  • State of use: in use[21]

Why It Matters

Union Station has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · 2pattywhack27 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1911-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 49.888888888888886, 'lon': -97.13416666666667}
    Adjacent station → Portage la Prairie railway station, Elma railway station, Portage la Prairie railway station
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Winnipeg
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Union Station (Winnipeg).jpg"
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