Heritage route
Grand Canyon Railway
Williams → Grand Canyon Village · United States
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Since 1901 the painless way to the South Rim: vintage Pullmans roll across pine forest and high prairie to a log depot steps from the abyss.
Stations
- 0 kmWilliams
- 62 kmWillaha
- 103 kmGrand Canyon
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6730478 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — 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 Grand Canyon Railway?
The Grand Canyon Railway runs 103 km from Williams to Grand Canyon Village.
How long does the Grand Canyon Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 15 min for the 103 km. That is an average of 46 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 64 km/h.
Who runs the Grand Canyon Railway?
Grand Canyon Railway (Xanterra), with vintage Pullmans & F40 diesels.
How old is the Grand Canyon Railway?
The line has been in service since 1901. 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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