Skeena

Two daylight days from the Rockies to the Pacific. Mount Robson, totem-pole country at Hazelton and the Skeena’s misty canyons, overnighting in Prince George.

Stations

1. 0 kmJasper
2. 138 kmDunster
3. 169 kmMcBride
4. 212 kmGoat River
5. 227 kmLoos
6. 257 kmDome Creek
7. Show 21 more stations

   1. 260 kmBend
   2. 280 kmPenny
   3. 294 kmLongworth
   4. 307 kmHutton
   5. 312 kmSinclair Mills
   6. 326 kmMcGregor
   7. 334 kmUpper Fraser
   8. 342 kmAleza Lake
   9. 371 kmWillow River
   10. 401 kmPrince George
   11. 511 kmVanderhoof
   12. 550 kmFort Fraser
   13. 584 kmEndako
   14. 639 kmBurns Lake
   15. 719 kmHouston
   16. 768 kmTelkwa
   17. 783 kmSmithers
   18. 855 kmNew Hazelton
   19. 898 kmKitwanga
   20. 942 kmDorreen
   21. 952 kmPacific
8. 971 kmUsk
9. 991 kmTerrace (Kitimat)
10. 1,068 kmKwinitsa
11. 1,117 kmCassiar Cannery
12. 1,139 kmPrince Rupert

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 7493247 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 119 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 32 m from it
• 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
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Skeena?

The Skeena runs 1,160 km from Jasper to Prince Rupert.

How long does the Skeena take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 32 h for the 1,160 km. That is an average of 36 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.

Who runs the Skeena?

VIA Rail, with Budd stainless-steel cars.

How old is the Skeena?

The line has been in service since 1914. 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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