Comments on: The Dupont Street Train Station and the Marco Polo Restaurant https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gregory Melle https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-51338 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 04:19:42 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-51338 This one really had me scratching my head and looking at old maps.
I knew that there were trams and rail line running from Yaletown to the north end of Columbia Street, but I had never heard of the Dupont Street Station. It must have been quite short-lived.
I did find one 1928 map (https://sunnvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/streetcars1920s.jpg) that shows a former rail line running south on Columbia Street until First Street before heading east. The ‘new’ Union Great Northern station opened in 1917 or 1918 and the Dupont Street Station must have been abandoned soon after.

]]> By: Elaine Pera https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50483 Wed, 18 May 2022 00:44:36 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50483 Thank you again for the most interesting part of our history. I did not know about the station. Thanks so much for sharing 😊

]]> By: James M James https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50441 Tue, 17 May 2022 05:26:31 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50441 Amazing, I always thought Skytrain should have had a station in Chinatown.

]]> By: Robert Edwards https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50412 Mon, 16 May 2022 17:22:06 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50412 In reply to Eve Lazarus.

Thanks for this. I recall exchanging messages about the sign and the station a few years ago with Michael Kluckner. I don’t think he knew about the fate of the sign. There’s just so much of Vancouver I missed by not moving here until 1987… 😥

]]> By: Chris Wills https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50364 Sun, 15 May 2022 15:30:23 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50364 Hi Eve
I love your stories and pics on Vancouver.I was born here and have read so much about Vancouver and the rich history of railroads.my wife pointed out a pic you posted a few years ago of the Royal Hudson crossing Broadway at Arbutus,it has so much sentimental value as my dad worked at Magavins bakery and that was my neighbour hood I grew up in. I met Angus McIntyre and he made a print of that photo now on my wall.
Thank you for your articles awesome
Chris

]]> By: Anthony Maw https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50343 Sun, 15 May 2022 07:27:35 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50343 Two big concrete piers of the VW & YR railway bridge existed at the east shore of False Creek until around 1983 when they were demolished and the area filled in to build Science World dome today. The VW&YR trains crossed Main Street near where the Midas Muffler shop is today to connect with the Great Northern tracks and went east on the Grandview Cut to go onto the USA.

]]> By: Gord McCaw https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50329 Sun, 15 May 2022 00:02:50 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50329 I remember seeing that ghost sign for a few years after I moved here in ’79 and I don’t know why I didn’t have the presence of mind to get a few shots of it…

]]> By: Len Corben https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50325 Sat, 14 May 2022 22:19:09 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50325 As a former history teacher and co-ordinator of school athletics in North Vancouver and now a local sports historian and author, I just love stories of long-lost photos and other items that bring the past to life. So thank you for bringing this to light. (Eve, you may remember that we were both winners for our books at the District of North Vancouver’s Heritage Awards in, I believe, 2014.)

]]> By: Robert Hawkins https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50318 Sat, 14 May 2022 19:55:27 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50318 In reply to Jean-Francois Dube.

Somewhere nearby there used to be a tram turnaround station. Back when trams operated on DTES

]]> By: Zoe Napier-Hemy https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50309 Sat, 14 May 2022 18:53:59 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50309 Your history lessons and photos are much appreciated. Many thanks!

]]> By: Jean-Francois Dube https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50302 Sat, 14 May 2022 17:25:20 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50302 I’m completely astounded there was a train station there.Thanks,I just love learning new facts.

]]> By: Bernice Boe https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50301 Sat, 14 May 2022 17:19:18 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50301 I love your history lessons of Vancouver. Thank you.

]]> By: Susan https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50299 Sat, 14 May 2022 15:49:49 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50299 Thank you for sharing. Vancouver is my hometown and I love all your stories.

]]> By: Tracy https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50297 Sat, 14 May 2022 15:16:48 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50297 Very interesting, enjoyed it !! Thank you for the history lesson.

]]> By: Loretta Houben https://evelazarus.com/marco-polo-restaurant/#comment-50294 Sat, 14 May 2022 15:03:08 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=12446#comment-50294 An amazing story! I love it. How marvelous that people take photos and keep memorabilia from the past. I love stories like this. I’ve never heard of the VWYR railway depot. Thanks for sharing it.

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