Day 1 Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday
Board at Union Train Station, downtown Toronto for 9:00AM departure. Unpack for the next 3 nights aboard VIA's Trans-Continental. Your porter is on-hand throughout the journey to ensure that you have a comfortable stay. Roll across the Canadian Shield, boreal forests, countless lakes and the hardest rock on Earth! 1/3 of the fresh water in the World is in Canada and you will see some of it on this trip.

Day 2 and Day 3
Arrive into Winnipeg to take on more passengers and continue rolling through Manitoba, the province of 100,000 lakes. Drink in the vistas from the Dome Cars and enjoy the terrific on-board service including World-Class Cuisine.

How about a night cap in the Park Car tonight?

Day 4 Friday/Sunday/Tuesday
Enjoy a delicious breakfast in the Dining Car and relax as we forge across the great wheatfields of Saskatchewan before our morning arrival into Edmonton, capital and most vibrant metropolis in Alberta. After a brief stop we continue the train journey to the "Jewel of the Canadian Rockies" Jasper, Alberta. There is time to step off the train for souvenir shopping and a quick stroll of the streets of Jasper. Cross the Continental divide. Spend the last night aboard the train enjoying the spectacular vistas of Mount Robson, Moose Lake and the Thompson Valley.

Day 5 Saturday/Monday/Wednesday
Arrive in lovely Vancouver at 7:50AM, British Columbia

We can arrange hotels in Vancouver or Toronto and we can arrange 2 or 3 night stopovers in cities between Toronto and Vancouver (Winnipeg, Edmonton, Jasper, Kamloops)

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Other Short Trips

Rocky Mountaineer (both directions)
Between Banff/Calgary & Vancouver
2 or more days

Rocky Mountaineer (both directions)
Between Jasper & Vancouver
2 or more days

VIA Rail Jasper (or Edmonton) to Vancouver
(or vice versa) 3 nights aboard the train
We can arrange train trips Edmonton
or Jasper to Toronto