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Toronto → Vancouver rail route

Iconic Rail Route

Toronto → Vancouver

4,466 km4 nightsYear-round
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Route overview

Toronto to Vancouver.

One of the world's great rail journeys, the Toronto → Vancouver route covers 4,466 km over 4 nights — moving slowly through landscape the highway can't show you.

  • Boreal lakes
  • Prairie sunsets
  • Jasper at dawn
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Along the route

Stops on the line.

  1. 1

    Toronto

    Departure

  2. 2

    Winnipeg

    Waypoint

  3. 3

    Saskatoon

    Waypoint

  4. 4

    Edmonton

    Waypoint

  5. 5

    Jasper

    Waypoint

  6. 6

    Vancouver

    Final stop

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Journeys on the Toronto → Vancouver line.

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VIA Rail — The Canadian

An iconic 4,466-kilometre crossing of a continent, from boreal lakes to prairie horizons to the Rockies.

Toronto → Vancouver 4 nights
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