Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Grand_Trunk_Pacific_Railway

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:absorbedBy	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
gptkbp:built	gptkb:Jasper_Park_Lodge gptkb:Prince_Rupert_grain_elevator numerous stations across Western Canada
gptkbp:ceased_operations	1920
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:filedForBankruptcy	1919
gptkbp:founded	1903
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Charles_Melville_Hays
gptkbp:gauge	standard gauge
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Montreal
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	part of Canadian transcontinental railway system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
gptkbp:main_line_terminus_(east)	gptkb:Winnipeg,_Manitoba gptkb:Port_Arthur,_Ontario
gptkbp:main_line_terminus_(west)	gptkb:Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Pacific_Dock_(Prince_Rupert) gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Pacific_Jasper_Station gptkb:Saskatchewan_River_Bridge gptkb:Fraser_River_Bridge
gptkbp:notableCompetitor	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway gptkb:Canadian_Northern_Railway
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:David_Blythe_Hanna gptkb:Edson_Joseph_Chamberlin gptkb:Charles_Melville_Hays
gptkbp:notableEvent	Charles Melville Hays died on RMS Titanic completion of main line in 1914 government takeover in 1919
gptkbp:notableRoute	gptkb:National_Transcontinental_Railway_(eastern_connection)
gptkbp:operates	gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Pacific_steamships freight trains passenger trains
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Railway
gptkbp:route	approximately 4,800 km
gptkbp:servesCity	gptkb:Edmonton gptkb:Jasper gptkb:Port_Arthur gptkb:Prince_George gptkb:Winnipeg gptkb:Prince_Rupert gptkb:Melville gptkb:Smithers gptkb:Biggar
gptkbp:subsidiary	gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Pacific_Development_Company gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Pacific_Steamship_Company
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway gptkb:Union_Station_(Winnipeg,_Canada)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5