Winnipeg–Churchill train

Winnipeg–Churchill train

The Winnipeg–Churchill train at Churchill railway station in 1997
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Manitoba, Canada
Current operator(s)	Via Rail
Route
Start	Winnipeg, Manitoba
End	Churchill, Manitoba
Distance travelled	1,710 km (1,063 mi)
Average journey time	36 hours
Service frequency	2 trains per week
Train number(s)	692 & 693
On-board services
Class(es)	Economy and sleeper class
Seating arrangements	Stainless Steel Coach Seat
Sleeping arrangements	Stainless Steel Sleepers
Catering facilities	Stainless Steel Dining Car
Technical
Rolling stock	Stainless Steel Cars
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Track owner(s)	CN, HBRY
Route map Legend Distance     Station 0       Winnipeg (Union Station) Portage la Prairie Gladstone Plumas10px Glenella10px McCreary10px Laurier10px Ochre River10px Dauphin Gilbert Plains10px Grandview10px Roblin10px Manitoba/Saskatchewan border Togo10px Kamsack10px Veregin10px Mikado10px Canora Sturgis10px Endeavour10px Reserve10px Hudson Bay10px Saskatchewan/Manitoba border The Pas Tremaudan10px Orok10px Atikameg Lake10px Finger10px Budd10px Halcrow10px Cormorant10px Dering10px Rawebb10px Dyce10px Paterson10px Wekusko10px Turnbull10px Ponton10px Button10px Dunlop10px Pipun10px Wabowden10px Lyddal10px Odhill10px Earchman10px La Perouse10px Hockin10px Thicket Portage10px Leven10px Thompson Sipiwesk Pikwitonei Bridgar Wilde Arnot Boyd Pit Siding Munk Ilford, Manitoba Nonsuch Wivenhoe Luke Gillam Kettle Rapids Bird Amery Charlebois Weir River Lawledge Thibaudeau Silcox Herchmer Kellett O'Day Back M'Clintock Belcher Cromarty Chesnaye Lamprey Bylot Digges Tidal (Churchill)

The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the Hudson Bay and prior to that Northern Spirits) is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry land connection between Churchill and the rest of Canada.

Schedule

The train, which runs through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, leaves Winnipeg in the evening on Tuesday and Sunday and arrives in Churchill early in the morning two days later. The train departs Churchill in the evening on Thursday and Saturday and arrives in Winnipeg early in the morning two days later. An additional service operates between The Pas (leaving Monday) and Churchill (leaving Tuesday)

The journey travels on the Canadian National Railway line north to The Pas where it transfers to the Hudson Bay Railway passing through Thompson and Gillam on its way to the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay, taking approximately 36 hours each way. The train previously served Lynn Lake, service was truncated to Pukatawagan in 2003 by then track owners OmniTRAX citing a loss in freight traffic making the service unprofitable. Via still operates twice weekly service from The Pas to Pukatawagan on behalf of the Keewatin Railway which now owns the Sherridon Subdivision.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Winnipeg-Churchill train at Via Rail Canada