Manitoba and Saskatchewan 2017
We are planning trip to Manitoba and Saskatchewan for next year in Mid July to late August. We we know we want to go to Churchill, Riding Mountain NP, Winnipeg, several Provincial parks in Saskatchewa...
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Hi Junmy3,
Much as I love the train ride, the road bed is in poor condition and speed of travel is often 7 mph. They have many derailments every year and the owner is trying to sell the line. When there is a derailment you are refunded your ticket price and left to fend for yourself for alternative transportation.
The owner is refusing to transport grain this year to the port. That may mean even less maintenance of the road bed.
If you still want to risk the rail travel. Then only take it going North. I did both ways by rail and no other passengers were on the train going south--so food going south was limited to what they could do in a microwave.
I would fly both ways.
Much as I love the train ride, the road bed is in poor condition and speed of travel is often 7 mph. They have many derailments every year and the owner is trying to sell the line. When there is a derailment you are refunded your ticket price and left to fend for yourself for alternative transportation.
The owner is refusing to transport grain this year to the port. That may mean even less maintenance of the road bed.
If you still want to risk the rail travel. Then only take it going North. I did both ways by rail and no other passengers were on the train going south--so food going south was limited to what they could do in a microwave.
I would fly both ways.
junmy3 wrote:
Yes. You have to take the train or fly in. Our plan is to drive to Thompson and take the train from there
