Winnipeg–Churchill

Two nights across muskeg and permafrost to Churchill, the polar-bear-and-beluga town on Hudson Bay that no road reaches.

Stations

1. 0 kmWinnipeg
2. 89 kmPortage la Prairie
3. 148 kmGladstone
4. 170 kmPlumas
5. 192 kmGlenella
6. 224 kmMcCreary
7. Show 70 more stations

   1. 238 kmLaurier
   2. 263 kmOchre River
   3. 285 kmDauphin
   4. 317 kmGilbert Plains
   5. 332 kmGrandview Train station
   6. 385 kmRoblin
   7. 413 kmTogo
   8. 447 kmKamsack
   9. 460 kmVeregin
   10. 473 kmMikado
   11. 485 kmCanora
   12. 521 kmSturgis
   13. 549 kmEndeavour
   14. 587 kmReserve
   15. 636 kmHudson Bay
   16. 777 kmThe Pas
   17. 789 kmTremaudan
   18. 798 kmOrok
   19. 807 kmAtikameg Lake
   20. 812 kmFinger
   21. 818 kmBudd
   22. 837 kmHalcrow
   23. 844 kmCormorant
   24. 849 kmDering
   25. 863 kmRawebb
   26. 876 kmDyce
   27. 889 kmPaterson
   28. 907 kmWekusko
   29. 927 kmTurnbull
   30. 949 kmPonton
   31. 961 kmButton
   32. 972 kmDunlop
   33. 985 kmPipun
   34. 996 kmWabowden
   35. 1,016 kmLyddal
   36. 1,031 kmOdhill
   37. 1,040 kmEarchman
   38. 1,052 kmLa Pérouse
   39. 1,062 kmHockin
   40. 1,073 kmThicket Portage
   41. 1,085 kmLeven
   42. 1,099 kmSipiwesk
   43. 1,120 kmPikwitonei
   44. 1,128 kmBridgar
   45. 1,147 kmWilde
   46. 1,157 kmArnot
   47. 1,178 kmBoyd
   48. 1,188 kmPit Siding
   49. 1,209 kmMunk
   50. 1,236 kmIlford
   51. 1,251 kmNonsuch
   52. 1,263 kmWivenhoe
   53. 1,288 kmLuke
   54. 1,301 kmGillam
   55. 1,314 kmKettle Rapids
   56. 1,334 kmBird
   57. 1,347 kmAmery
   58. 1,362 kmCharlebois
   59. 1,376 kmWeir River
   60. 1,391 kmLawledge
   61. 1,406 kmThibaudeau
   62. 1,418 kmSilcox
   63. 1,440 kmHerchmer
   64. 1,446 kmKellett
   65. 1,463 kmO'Day
   66. 1,476 kmBack
   67. 1,486 kmM'Clintock
   68. 1,501 kmBelcher
   69. 1,515 kmCromarty
   70. 1,530 kmChesnaye
8. 1,544 kmLamprey
9. 1,556 kmBylot
10. 1,569 kmDigges
11. 1,582 kmTidal
12. 1,596 kmChurchill

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 1903971 — 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: 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 Winnipeg–Churchill?

The Winnipeg–Churchill runs 1,697 km from Winnipeg to Churchill.

How long does the Winnipeg–Churchill take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 45 h for the 1,697 km. That is an average of 38 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.

Who runs the Winnipeg–Churchill?

VIA Rail, with Budd stainless cars.

How old is the Winnipeg–Churchill?

The line has been in service since 1929. 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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