1874-1879 - The Western Counties Railway built the line from Yarmouth to Digby.

1891 - The Canadian federal government completed the "missing link" in the line from Digby to Annapolis Royal.

1893 - The Dominion Atlantic Railway is created and the Annapolis Royal to Yarmouth line becomes the Yarmouth Subdivision of the DAR.

June 28, 1988 - CP Rail applies to the National Transportation Agency to abandon all trackage west of Kentville to Yarmouth.

July 13, 1989 - the NTA concludes in Decision No. 350-R-1989 that CP Rail's trackage from Kentville to Yarmouth is uneconomic. In Order No. 1989-R-182 also issued that day, the NTA dictates that operation of this trackage be abandoned 1 year from this date.

January 15, 1990 - VIA Rail Canada discontinues its Evangeline passenger train service from Halifax to Yarmouth.

March 27, 1990 - CP Rail formally abandons the Kentville Subdivision from Kentville (mileage 4.6) to Annapolis Royal (mileage 58.4) and the Yarmouth Subdivision from Annapolis Royal (mileage 0.0) to Yarmouth (mileage 86.6), a total distance of 140.4 miles.

Gallery

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  Track Schematic for Annapolis Royal.

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  Track Schematic for Upper Clements.

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  Track Schematic for Deep Brook.

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  Track Schematic for Bear River.

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  Track Schematic for Imbertville.

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  Track Schematic for Smiths Cove.

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  Track Schematic for Digby (1).

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  Track Schematic for Digby (2).

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  Track Schematic for Acaciaville.

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  Track Schematic for Bloomfield.