Área de identidad
Tipo de entidad
Entidade coletiva
Forma autorizada del nombre
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP)
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Forma(s) normalizada del nombre, de acuerdo a otras reglas
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Área de descripción
Fechas de existencia
1914-1919
Historia
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (reporting mark GTP) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway running from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a Pacific coast port. East of Winnipeg the line continued as the National Transcontinental Railway (NTR], running across northern Ontario and Quebec, crossing the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City and ending at Moncton, New Brunswick. The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) managed and operated the entire line.
Largely constructed 1907–14, the GTPR operated 1914–19, prior to nationalization as the Canadian National Railway (CNR). Despite poor decision-making by the various levels of government and the railway management, the GTPR established local employment opportunities, a telegraph service, and freight, passenger and mail transportation.