Scenic route
Aurora Winter Train
Anchorage → Fairbanks · United States
The winter run north across frozen Alaska flag-stops for bush residents between Anchorage and Fairbanks, often with the northern lights overhead.
- Distance
- 573 km
- Fastest time
- 12 h
- Average speed
- 48 km/h
- Top speed
- 95 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmAnchorage +2
- 72 kmWasilla +1
- 178 kmTalkeetna +1
- 372 kmDenali +1
- 570 kmFairbanks +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6824342: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 44 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 11 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Alaska Railroad, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Aurora Winter Train?
The Aurora Winter Train runs 573 km from Anchorage to Fairbanks.
How long does the Aurora Winter Train take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 12 h for the 573 km. That is an average of 48 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 95 km/h.
Who runs the Aurora Winter Train?
Alaska Railroad.
How old is the Aurora Winter Train?
The line has been in service since 1923. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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