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Night train route

The Canadian

Toronto → Vancouver · Canada

Four nights in 1955 stainless-steel dome cars. Ontario lakeland, prairie infinity, then the Rockies at dawn.

Distance
4,466 km
Fastest time
≈ 4 days
Average speed
47 km/h
Top speed
130 km/h

View on the map →Wikipedia ↗Stations · 69

The Canadian, Toronto to Vancouver
Photo · Timothy Stevens · CC BY-SA 4.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmToronto Union Station +5
  2. 142 kmWashago
  3. 238 kmParry Sound South
  4. 238 kmParry Sound
  5. 404 kmSudbury Junction
  6. 426 kmCapreol
  7. Show 58 more stations
    1. 473 kmLaforest
    2. 483 kmMcKee's Camp
    3. 500 kmFelix
    4. 508 kmRuel
    5. 528 kmWestree
    6. 564 kmGogama
    7. 662 kmFoleyet
    8. 717 kmElsas
    9. 836 kmOba
    10. 897 kmHornepayne
    11. 964 kmHillsport
    12. 1,020 kmCaramat
    13. 1,056 kmLonglac
    14. 1,107 kmNakina
    15. 1,196 kmAuden
    16. 1,238 kmFerland
    17. 1,247 kmMud River
    18. 1,286 kmArmstrong
    19. 1,320 kmCollins
    20. 1,373 kmAllanwater Bridge
    21. 1,393 kmFlindt Landing
    22. 1,412 kmSavant Lake
    23. 1,508 kmSioux Lookout
    24. 1,580 kmRichan
    25. 1,621 kmRed Lake Road
    26. 1,651 kmCanyon
    27. 1,689 kmFarlane
    28. 1,704 kmRedditt
    29. 1,726 kmMinaki
    30. 1,748 kmOttermere
    31. 1,751 kmMalachi
    32. 1,753 kmCopeland's Landing
    33. 1,763 kmRice Lake
    34. 1,768 kmWinnitoba
    35. 1,774 kmOphir
    36. 1,794 kmBrereton Lake
    37. 1,821 kmElma
    38. 1,910 kmWinnipeg +1
    39. 1,998 kmPortage la Prairie +1
    40. 2,139 kmRivers
    41. 2,359 kmMelville
    42. 2,566 kmWatrous
    43. 2,667 kmSaskatoon
    44. 2,756 kmBiggar
    45. 2,849 kmUnity
    46. 2,980 kmWainwright
    47. 3,052 kmViking
    48. 3,184 kmEdmonton
    49. 3,286 kmEvansburg
    50. 3,385 kmEdson
    51. 3,473 kmHinton
    52. 3,554 kmJasper +1
    53. 3,673 kmValemount
    54. 3,764 kmBlue River
    55. 3,871 kmClearwater
    56. 3,986 kmKamloops North
    57. 4,063 kmAshcroft
    58. 4,181 kmNorth Bend
  8. 4,182 kmBoston Bar
  9. 4,252 kmKatz
  10. 4,274 kmAgassiz
  11. 4,320 kmMission Harbour
  12. 4,390 kmVancouver Pacific Central +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 10411281: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 87 m of them
  • Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 22 m); the longest stretch away from it is 9.5 km
  • The operator publishes this line's timetable: VIA Rail schedules, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
  • Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is The Canadian?

The Canadian runs 4,466 km from Toronto to Vancouver.

How long does The Canadian take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 4 days for the 4,466 km. That is an average of 47 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.

Who runs The Canadian?

VIA Rail, with Budd stainless dome cars.

How old is The Canadian?

The line has been in service since 1955. 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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