Classic route
Polar Bear Express
Cochrane → Moosonee · Canada
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No road reaches Moosonee. Ontario Northland’s lifeline train rolls 300 km of spruce and muskeg to tidewater on James Bay, canoes and pickups riding along.
Stations
- 0 kmCochrane
- 16 kmClute
- 42 kmWurtele
- 69 kmIsland Falls
- 90 kmBrownrigg
- 111 kmFraserdale
- 150 kmOtter Rapids
- 155 kmCoral
- 180 kmRanoke
- 203 kmOnakawana
- 228 kmMoose River
- 251 kmRenison
- 275 kmGaleton
- 299 kmMoosonee
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 6578291 — 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 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Ontario Northland — 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 Polar Bear Express?
The Polar Bear Express runs 299 km from Cochrane to Moosonee.
How long does the Polar Bear Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h for the 299 km. That is an average of 60 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Polar Bear Express?
Ontario Northland.
How old is the Polar Bear Express?
The line has been in service since 1932. 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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