Port Alberni station lies at the end of the line which branches off the E&N mainline at Parksville. The Alberni Pacific Railway runs an excursion service from Port Alberni to the MacLean's Mill with steam locomotive 2-8-2ST number 7.

This typical Canadian Pacific station was completed in 1912 and designated a Canadian Heritage Railway Station in 1990 making five E&N stations now on the Canadian designated heritage stations list.