Scenic route
Denali Star
Anchorage → Fairbanks · United States
Twelve hours of wilderness with Denali filling the dome windows, flag stops still serve trailside cabins.
- Distance
- 570 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 12 h
- Average speed
- 48 km/h
- Top speed
- 95 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmAnchorage +2
- 71 kmWasilla +1
- 177 kmTalkeetna +1
- 371 kmDenali +1
- 569 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 42 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 Denali Star?
The Denali Star runs 570 km from Anchorage to Fairbanks.
How long does the Denali Star take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 12 h for the 570 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 Denali Star?
Alaska Railroad.
How old is the Denali Star?
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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