ince 1990, Rocky Mountaineer, the world’s largest privately owned luxury tourist train, has welcomed more than 2 million guests to inhale the mountain air and let nature take their breath away. So to celebrate 30 wonderful years of service on board and experience historic storytelling, world-class cuisine, a first-hand look at the vast and untouched wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and an opportunity to share memorable moments and make lasting friendships with fellow travellers.
You will not miss a single moment as the Rocky Moutaineer offers the only all daylight journey to travel the historic routes from Vancover through the Rockies.
There are 4 routes to choose from.
Banff to Jasper: Journey through the heart of the Canadian Rockies, passing Stoney Creek Bridge and Mount Robson, en route to Jasper.
Vancover to Banff: This is the Vmost popular route through the Canadian Rockies, famous for uniting Canada’s East and West.
Vancover to Jasper: This journey allows you to view the highest peaks in the Canadian Rockies.
Vancover to Casper via Whistler: Option No 4 allows you to carve through extreme landscapes like BC’s coastal rainforest, the rugged Fraser Canyon, and the historic Cariboo gold rush region on your way to the Canadian Rockies.
VIA Rail offers a service from Toronto in the east to Vancover in the west, via Winnipeg, Edmonton and Jasper. The main journey is 4,466 kms. Journeys of various combinations can be taken along the route. From Toronto you leave the big city centre behind and glide through Northern Ontario, here you will get a chance to marvel at the rugged beauty of the Canadian Shield. The shield cover the area from the Arctic down to the USA and consists of some of the oldest bedrock on earth.
Then travel across the Prairies of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, its here that you will get through expansive window views. Entering Alberta you will pass through Edmonton and then onto the mountain town of Jasper. You end your journey through the snowy peaks of the majestic Rockies, cross the Fraser River and descent into your journey’s end, Vancover.
There are options to travel to Churchill (the Polar Bear capital of the world) from Winnipeg and Prince Rupert from Jasper (the Jasper National Park is listed among UNESCO’s world heritage sites).
The trains feature the classic glass ceilinged cars, offering 360 degress panoramic view of the changing landscapes. For those passengers travelling “Sleeper Plus” you get chef-prepared meals in purpose dining cars.
If you want to explore the eastern Canadian provinces of Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, VIA Rail can offer you a train journey from Montreal to Halifax.
The Montreal-to-Halifax train journey on VIA Rail‘s The Ocean is a 1,346 km journey that last 22 hours. This route has been running since 1904 and is one of the longest running passenger rail routes in North America. The line hugs the southern shore of the St Lawrence River as the sun starts to set. In the morning you will cross the Quebec-New Brunswick border, with super coastal views. Your journey continues on around the Bedford Basin to your end station Halifax.
Other special routes include one that cover the Quebec and Southern Ontario. This would enable you to take in Quebec City, Montreal, Niagara Falls and Windsor with the opportunity to divert to Senneterre and Jonquiere.
