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If you’ve heard about the Canadian Rockies train, you’ve heard of Rocky Mountaineer. This is one of the world’s most scenic train rides and one of the most luxurious too. Travel by train between Vancouver and Jasper or Banff National Park. This luxury rail service travels only during daylight, so you won’t miss a minute of those panoramic views. Onboard, you’re wined and dined with champagne that's as bubbly as the hosts. If you’ve dreamed of taking a train across Canada from coast to coast, then VIA Rail is your vessel. VIA can take you coast-to-coast in their overnight train called The Canadian, or you can city-hop along the East Coast on their Corridor route, connecting Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. The Ocean route links Montréal with seafaring Halifax. If you browse through our Canada rail holidays, you can pick a route that fits your budget and travels to the destinations you want to visit.
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Sometimes, the road less travelled isn’t a road at all. Travel by rail, and you’ll see some of Canada’s most pristine wildernesses in locations inaccessible by any other means. Canadian rail tours transport you to some of the most iconic scenery in the country: the peaks of the Rocky Mountains, the valleys of British Columbia, and the varied coastlines of the Pacific Northwest and Atlantic Canada. You can tailor your train holiday to include an Alaska cruise or a few days in a city at the end. We work with two fantastic train tour providers offering very different services, but both promise an unforgettable holiday in Canada.
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Canadian Rail Holidays FAQs
Travelling by rail is a great way to experience Canada. On a train, you can get up and stretch your legs or simply sit back in your comfortable seat and enjoy the spectacular, ever-changing scenery. By rail, you can experience sights that cannot be seen any other way: from panoramic coastal routes through routes in the mountains, the train provides the ideal viewpoint.
Light meals, snacks, and drinks are offered onboard VIA Rail. On Rocky Mountaineer train journeys, you’ll be served delicious breakfast, lunch, and snacks each day.
You can sleep on some VIA Rail trains, but you cannot sleep on Rocky Mountaineer trains, and you instead stay in hotels each night of these trips.
VIA Rail offers services from one coast of Canada to the other, and it is a popular journey for travellers to go on.
This all depends on the time of year, service level, duration of your Canadian train journey and excursions you want to book, so we’d recommend speaking to one of our experts.
The autumn and winter months are the cheapest times of the year to go on a Canada rail holiday and there are fewer crowds. If you plan to travel on the train in the summer, then May is a popular month as prices are slightly lower than they are in June, July, August and September. If you want to book a Rocky Mountaineer rail tour, then keep in mind that the train runs from mid-April to mid-October.
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Rocky Mountaineer is the only all-daylight journey to travel the historic routes from Vancouver through the Rockies. This means that guests don't miss a moment of the majestic mountains, stunning rivers, and curious wildlife.
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