Railway Coastal Museum

On the way to…

1. YYT → Cape Spear →

   The drive passes this building on Water Street: OpenStreetMap tags it historic=train_station and building=train_station, at 495 Water Street, under the name the Railway Coastal Museum. The map records a former station and the museum's own address; it does not record what is inside, and this page does not either. Season and admission are the museum's own to state on its own site, not ours to copy.

   Stopping here adds about 2 min and 0.3 km to that drive (34 min door to door).

2. YYT → Witless Bay →

   The city's former railway station at the west end of Water Street — OpenStreetMap tags the building itself as a train station, and as a historic one — now carrying the museum of the same name. It stands where this route leaves downtown, so it costs almost no extra driving. Its own site posts its hours and admission; read them there before planning a visit around it.

   Stopping here adds about 2 min and 1 km to that drive (46 min door to door).

3. YYT → Ferryland →

   A museum on Water Street, in a building OpenStreetMap tags historic=train_station — the same street address the museum's own site gives. Hours and admission are posted on that site and are the operator's to state, not this page's, so check there before counting on a visit.

   Stopping here adds about 2 min and 1 km to that drive (1h 24m door to door).

4. YYT → Mistaken Point →

   St. John's former passenger railway station on Water Street, which OpenStreetMap tags historic=train_station and links to its own Wikipedia entry. The museum's own site says it tells the story of building and operating the Newfoundland Railway and the coastal boat services that helped overcome the island's isolation, and that the building is the Riverhead Station, completed in 1903. It keeps its own posted hours — the museum's to state, not this page's — so check with it before you plan around it.

   Stopping here adds about 2 min and 1 km to that drive (2h 17m door to door).