Canada Intercity Rail Travel | Canadian Long-Distance Train Travel

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VIA Vacation Packages

Montreal, QC

VIA's Vacation Packages website puts travelers in touch with rail travel partners in over twenty countries. Visitors may scan through the site's entire inventory of escorted and self-guided packages -- or customize a search by destination, package type, price catagory and travel dates.

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CN - BC Rail Shuttle

Seton Portage, BC

This last vestige of the former BC Rail passenger network is an alltogether isolated remnant of trackage dedicated to providing a lifeline for the Seton Lake Indian Band. CN runs the trains while the Indians head up passenger bookings, ticket sales, revenue collection, marketing and customer service. Daily round-trips link Seton Portage to the regional center of Lillooet. Scheduling of a second Friday-only service to D'Arcy depends on a minimum of four reservations.

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Via Rail Canada Passes
Railpass.com: Canrailpass, Corridorpass, more

Canrailpass 12-Day Canada Rail Pass
Rail Choice: not avail to US or CA residents

Whistler Mountaineer Day Tour
Viator: RT departs Vancouver; May-Oct

30-Day North American Rail Pass
Railpass.com: Amtrak USA & Via Rail Canada

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ontario

Algoma Central Railway

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Rail remains king in the Algoma wilderness, where otherwise inaccessible settlements and outposts rely on the ACR as a vital supply line and for year-round access to the outside world. From its Sault Ste. Marie terminus on Lake Superior the Algoma Central Railway wends northward, through Agawa Canyon, crossing boreal forests and Canada's mountainous Shield on its 296 miles (476 km) run to Hearst, Ontario. Overnight return trips depart Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, year-round; also Wednesdays in Summer

Ontario Northland -- Toronto

Cochrane

For over a century, ON's Northlander trains have departed Toronto for the day's journey to Cochrane, a popular snowmobiler destination in Ontario's rugged north. From Cochrane: year-round Little Bear flag-stop freight/passenger service (complete with specially fitted canoe car) and seasonal Polar Bear Express trains drive 300 km (186 mi) further, to frontier settlements at James Bay. At Cochrane, the railway also operates complementary motorcoach service and the Station Inn, a smallish but entirely up-to-date hotel/restaurant popular with back country visitors.

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quebec/newfoundland labrador

QNS&L -- Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railroad

Sept-Illes & Schefferville, QC

This isolated service draws a straight line north 588km (356mi) through Caribou Country -- traveling from Sept-Illes to Schefferville, Quebec each Thursday -- and returning each Friday. A mid-run spur-line into Newfoundland makes Labrador City ideally situated for an over-night stop. Auto transport (motorail) can also be arranged. No website, call 418-968-7805 (Quebec), or: 709-944-8205 (Labrador)!

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White Pass & Yukon Route

Skagway, Alaska

Built at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, a century later the'WP&YR delivers passengers to far flung destinations i Alaska and the Yukon. Narrow gauge railroad, based at Skagway, Alaska, runs to Fraser, BC with motor coach connection to Whitehorse in the Yukon. Daily departures mid-May to mid-September.

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Via Rail Canada Passes
Railpass.com: Canrailpass, Corridorpass, more

Canrailpass 12-Day Canada Rail Pass
Rail Choice: not avail to US or CA residents

Whistler Mountaineer Day Tour
Viator: RT departs Vancouver; May-Oct

30-Day North American Rail Pass
Railpass.com: Amtrak USA & Via Rail Canada

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