trains in canada

[booklover12]

Is there a train or trains I can take to get from Northwest Canada border (yukon) to Vancouver BC?

[Urban trekker]

Short answer is NO!

 

Cheers!

 

Dennis

[GTJ]

I assume that you're coming from Whitehorse, Y.T.

 

There is no direct train service between Whitehorse and Vancouver, but in the summer you can travel be train at least part of the way. From late May until early September the White Pass and Yukon Route provides service from Whitehorse to Skagway. At the Whitehorse railroad station board a motorcoach at 8:30 a.m. Mon, Tue, or Fri for the short ride to the Carcross station. There you can board the connecting train departing at 10:30 a.m. for the 6-hour train ride to Skagway, arriving there at 4:30 p.m.

 

From Skagway you'll want to get a southbound ferry onward.

 

On Monday afternoons, the M/V Columbia departs Skagway destined for Bellingham (departure times vary week-to-week, but usually around 5:15 p.m.); the vessel arrives in Bellingham on Friday morning. From Bellingham there are several buses and trains that make the short trip to Vancouver.

 

On Thursday mornings, the M/V Matanuska departs Skagway destined for Prince Rupert (departure times vary week-to-week, but usually around 12:00 noon); the vessel arrives in Prince Rupert on Saturday morning. From Prince Rupert you could get a Via Rail Canada train the next morning (Sunday), changing in Jasper, and arriving in Vancouver three days later (Wednesday morning). Or, board the M/V Northern Expedition at Prince Rupert, destined for Port Hardy, departing alternate days at 7:30 a.m., arriving Port Hardy the same day at 10:30 p.m. Then depart the next morning from Port Hardy on the Greyhound Canada bus at 9:30 a.m., change at Nanaimo, and arrive in Vancouver at 7:25 p.m. Or, board the Greyhound Canada bus at Prince Rupert, 10:15 a.m., destined for Prince George, arriving at 8:30 p.m. Then either connect with an overnight bus (departing at 11:15 p.m., change at Kamloops, arriving at 12:15 p.m.) or stay overnight and get a day bus (departing at 9:15 a.m., direct, arriving at 9:00 p.m.).

 

Or, for the most direct overland service, go Greyhound Canada from Whitehorse to Vancouver. Depart Whitehorse at 2:00 p.m. Mon, Wed, Fri., arriving Dawson Creek the next morning at 9:15 a.m. Change there, depart at 9:30 a.m., and arriving Prince George the same day at 4:00 p.m. Change again, departing at 4:30 p.m., and arriving the next morning in Vancouver at 5:15 a.m. (or stay overnight in Prince George and get the day bus departing at 9:15 a.m., arriving in Vancouver at 9:00 p.m.).

[LeftcoastBC]

ONce upon a time rail almost got to the Yukon :) and Ak. but distance, money and politics (not necessarily in that order) stopped work in the mid 70's. around Dease Lake BC. but that's part of UT's longer story I'll bet.

 

GTJ covered the possibilities really well. I could only add that once you made it to Jasper you could back track to Prince George on the Rocky Mountaineer and go down through Whistler with stops overnight in Quesnell and Whistler before getting to Vancouver the next day after Whistler.

[Urban trekker]

Actually Left Coast I had forgotten about the BC Rail extension but was referring to the Rocky Mountaineer and Whistler but figured it was too hard to try and explain and it off course isnt exactly cheap.

 

Cheers!

 

 

Dennis