The Sad Saga of the Edmonton Interurban Railway

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026
7:00pm to 8:00pm

Grindstone Theatre

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Organized by: Grindstone Theatre

Aug.
27

This new play recounts the turbulent rise and sudden demise of the Edmonton Interurban Railway, which carried passengers between Edmonton and St. Albert for seven months in 1913 and 1914. It considers how the railway might have changed the region had a gas explosion not destroyed it.

On 137 Avenue, across from what is now a Superstore, there once stood a car barn for trains running on what was then the northernmost railway in North America. This is the story of the turbulent and exciting rise of the Edmonton Interurban Railway and its swift, unfortunate demise.

The railway operated from September 1913 to April 1914, carrying Albertans between Edmonton and St. Albert. The play explores the work of Raymond Brutinel, the railway's potential to change life in the region, and the gas explosion that abruptly ended it.

Proceeds from the performance will be donated to a children's charity.

Genre: Theatre

Runtime: 60 minutes

Creative team: Songs performed by the Fab Tiff Hall; inspired by research by Raymond Corley, Dylan Bohanychuk, Jaryn Williams, and Lane Petrosenko.

Grindstone Theatre

10019 81 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T6E 1W7