The above advertisement refers to "Passenger and Mixed Trains". A Mixed Train carried both passengers and freight. Along its route, the train would stop at the stations to pick up and drop passengers, and it would switch sidings wherever there were freight cars to be 'set out' or taken away. For example, the weekly Mixed Train from Bridgewater to Port Wade and return, each Wednesday, had a passenger car to accomodate any passengers who wanted to travel along that route, also it would take freight cars from Bridgewater for delivery to sidings along the way, and it would take away from sidings any freight cars that had been emptied or filled and were ready to go. Mixed Trains were not a fast way to travel, but they offered dependable, comfortable, low-cost transportation at a time when a traveller had little alternative other than a horse. |
Tuesday and Friday In November 1922 (above) there was a mid-morning passenger train scheduled to leave Bridgewater for Yarmouth six days a week. The scheduled departure time from Bridgewater was 11:45am four days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday), but 9:55am two days a week (Tuesday and Friday). The timing was different on Tuesday and Friday because on these days the train had to reach Yarmouth in time to connect with the ferry to Boston. Similarly, the mid-afternoon passenger train from Yarmouth was scheduled to arrive at Bridgewater at 3:35pm four days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday), but at 3:15pm two days a week (Tuesday and Friday). The timing was different on Tuesday and Friday because of the connection with the ferry from Boston. No doubt these variations in timing, depending on what day it was, created some confusion among the travelling public, and by December 1923 (below) the schedule had been altered so that the passenger trains operated at the same time every day. The trains now ran on the boat train schedule every day. |
1922-1923 Boston & Yarmouth Steam Ship Company Westbound: Yarmouth to Boston departs Yarmouth Tue. & Fri. 6:30pm AST arrives Boston Wed. & Sat. 9:30am EST Eastbound: Boston to Yarmouth departs Boston Mon. & Thu. 1:00pm EST arrives Yarmouth Tue. & Fri. 6:30am AST |
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Halifax & South Western Railway December 1923 Caledonia - Bridgewater Bridgewater - Caledonia Passenger Train Schedule All times are Atlantic Standard Time
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Halifax & South Western Railway December 1923 Bridgewater - Middleton - Bridgetown - Port Wade Port Wade - Bridgetown - Middleton - Bridgewater Passenger Train Schedule All times are Atlantic Standard Time Trains 253 and 254 operate MTTFS (Mon. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sat.) Trains 255 and 256 operate Wednesday only.
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Halifax & South Western Railway December 1923 Halifax - Bridgewater - Yarmouth - Boston Boston - Yarmouth - Bridgewater - Halifax Passenger Train Schedule All train times are Atlantic Standard Time Equipment Trains 85 and 86: Buffet Parlour Cars, between Halifax & Yarmouth Trains 283 and 284 operate MTWTFS (Daily ex. Sun.) Train 283 originates at Halifax MTWTFS Train 283 terminates at Bridgewater Mon. Tue. Thu. & Fri. Train 283 terminates at Liverpool Wed. & Sat. Train 284 terminates at Halifax MTWTFS Train 284 originates at Bridgewater Tue. Wed. Fri. & Sat. Train 284 originates at Liverpool Mon. & Thu. Train 273 operates Mon. and Thu. only. Train 274 operates Tue. and Fri. only. Train 277 operates Tue. and Fri. only. Train 278 operates Wed. and Sat. only. Train 278 departs Yarmouth 6:00pm Wed. and Sat., Train 278 arrives Bridgewater 3:45am Thu. and Sun.
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Wayback Machine http://web.archive.org/index.html "Use the Wayback Machine to view web sites from the past." Halifax & South Western Railway passenger train schedules The Wayback Machine has copies of this webpage from the early days: Archived: 1999 November 27 http://web.archive.org/web/19991127092413/http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625rail03.html Archived: 2000 June 19 http://web.archive.org/web/20000619153225/http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625rail03.html Archived: 2000 September 30 http://web.archive.org/web/20000930050251/http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625rail03.html Archived: 2001 April 26 http://web.archive.org/web/20010426063851/http://www.alts.net/ns1625/rail03.html Archived: 2001 July 11 http://web.archive.org/web/20010711225116/http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625rail03.html Archived: 2002 February 25 http://web.archive.org/web/20020225194847/http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625rail03.html |
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