DID YOU KNOW?
1. The Rocky Mountaineer is the only train that travels between Vancouver and Banff National Park and between Vancouver and Calgary (blue route on the map below). Service is available in both directions.
Don’t miss the Rocky Mountaineer Experience Video at the bottom of this page.
2. The Rocky Mountaineer is an all daylight train so it doesn’t travel at night, and you don’t sleep on the train. Instead, the train travels during the day then stops in the evening at Kamloops, a town in the British Columbia interior and the midpoint on the journey.
You get off the train in Kamloops and board waiting buses for the short ride from the train station to a Kamloops hotel where you spend the night.
The following morning, you return to the train station and reboard the Rocky Mountaineer to continue your journey.
3. The Rocky Mountaineer is a seasonal train operating from the last week in April to the first week in October. During the rest of the year, there is no train service at all between Vancouver and Banff or Calgary.
4. Two trains, the Rocky Mountaineer and the ViaRail Canadian, offer service between Vancouver and Jasper (in both directions). Rocky Mountaineer service is available twice a week from the end of April until the beginning of October.
ViaRail service is available three times a week (Tuesday, Friday and Sunday) year round. (The map to the left shows all Rocky Mountaineer routes. The ViaRail route to Jasper is similar to the red Jasper route on the map.)
5. The Rocky Mountaineer between Vancouver and Jasper is an all daylight train.
The ViaRail train, by contrast, travels during the day and at night so passengers sleep on the train.
6. Rocky Mountaineer offers two day, all daylight passenger service between Whistler and Jasper (gold coloured route on the map) from late May until late September. Instead of staying in Kamloops, however, passengers spend the night in Quesnel, another small town in the BC interior.
7. All Rocky Mountaineer packages are built around one or more of these two day train journeys. Some of our packages (Rockies, Rails & Glaciers, Complete Canadian Rockies and TransCanada packages) include travel on both the Rocky Mountaineer and the ViaRail train.
Popular Canadian Rockies Train Packages
For 2012, we are offering several new products:
1. Round Trip Packages We have 4 new round trip Rocky Mountaineer packages for 2012. One includes a rail and car combination, one begins and ends in Calgary.
2. SilverLeaf Service SilverLeaf previewed in 2011 with a limited number of departures. Travelers loved the service so much that, in 2012, it is available on all Vancouver and Banff or Calgary routes in both directions.
3. GoldLeaf Dome Service on the Whistler Train For the first time ever, the Rocky Mountaineer GoldLeaf Dome car will be available between Vancouver and Whistler from June 14 and August 24, 2012. Classic Whistler train service is available from May 18 to September 26, 2012.
How It Works
Our train packages are built by combining two day Rocky Mountaineer train trips with hotel stays, activities, tours, perhaps a ViaRail train experience (includes a night on the train), transfers and transportation that link everything together in a seamless whole.
DIY If you want to build your own package, we will sell you a two day / one night train journey and email you our DIY Kit that includes maps along with insider tips about what to do, where to stay and how to get around.
What’s Available?
Rocky Mountaineer packages offer three levels of service:
RedLeaf: traditional, rail cars with picture windows, cold breakfast and lunch
SilverLeaf: single level dome car with 67% more viewing area with hot breakfast and lunch
GoldLeaf: two level dome car with chef prepared breakfast & lunch in the dining ca
Rocky Mountaineer packages offer two hotel options:
Popular hotels with Red and SilverLeaf Service
Fairmont Hotels (or other deluxe hotels) with GoldLeaf Service
Rocky Mountaineer packages offer three transportation options:
Bus tours are and transfers are available with all packages.
Rental cars are available in the Rockies or between the Rockies and Vancouver or Calgary
Private transportation is available in the Rockies and is often the perfect solution for groups traveling together
Let Us Help
We are available every day to take the work and the mystery out of choosing and booking a train trip to Western Canada’s spectacular Rocky Mountains and beyond.
Whether you’re ready to book or just want to ask a few questions, we look forward to talking with you. Give us a call at 1-800-913-9207 / 604-990-9299 or Email.
And just to whet your appetite, take a look at this video showing the Rocky Mountaineer Experience:
