It was further hampered when in 1891 the planned Calgary and Edmonton Railway choose to build its terminus south of the North Saskatchewan River, in what soon became the rival settlement of Strathcona.
In response, Canadian Pacific built a new station in Strathcona and began to plan the High Level Bridge.
In 1910, the CNoR station began accepting trains from the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) which had also reached Edmonton.
By the 2010s, the former yards were almost completely covered with new buildings, and redevelopment had spread into the former warehouse and industrial areas that once lined the tracks.
From east to west the buildings on the former rail yards are: Adjacent redevelopments include the Royal Alberta Museum on the site of the former post office building to the east and the Brewery District (a strip mall) on the site of a former brewery to the west.