Railways in

Saskatchewan

Great Western Railway train at Limerick

National Operators

• VIA Rail Canada passenger services:
  • The Canadian Toronto to Vancouver via Saskatoon
  • The Hudson Bay Winnipeg to Pukatawagan and Hudson Bay; although the greater part of this route lies in Manitoba, one section runs through Saskatchewan
• Canadian Pacific Railway freight services
• CN freight services

International Services

• Canadian Pacific crosses the US border at Portal
• A branch of BNSF from Niobe, North Dakota reaches, but does not cross, the Canadian border about 1 mile (1.6km) north of Northgate. There is no rail connection on the Canadian side of the border

Local and Regional Freight Operators

• Carlton Trail Railway two separate lines:
  • Speers Junction (interchange with CN and trackage rights over CN from North Battleford) to Meadow Lake (interchange with Millar Western)
  • Warman (interchange with CN and trackage rights over CN from Saskatoon) via Prince Albert (branch to Birch Hills, where there is interchange with CN) to White Star
  Total length of line about 279 miles (450 km)
• Great Sandhills Railway Mayne (trackage rights over Canadian Pacific to Swift Current for interchange with Canadian Pacific and Great Western) via Burstall to McNeill, Alberta. Total length of line about 123 miles (198 km)
• Great Western Railway Swift Current (interchange with Canadian Pacific and Great Sandhills) via Meyronne (branch via Consul to Bracken), Assiniboia (interchange with Canadian Pacific and branch to Pangman) and Rockglen (interchange with Southern Rails Cooperative) to Coronach. Total length of line about 438 miles (705 km)
• Last Mountain Railway Regina (interchange with CN) to Davidson, about 84 miles (135 km) (No website located at present)
• Southern Rails Cooperative Moose Jaw (interchange with Canadian Pacific and CN) to Parry (56½ miles, 91km). A short, isolated section at Rockglen interchanges with Great Western and serves grain elevators (No website located at present)
• Millar Western Pulp has a 2½ mile (5km) line serving its mill at Meadow Lake. Traffic interchange with Carlton Trail Railway (Website contains no information relating to railway)
• Prairie Malt has a 4½ mile (7km) line serving its plant in Biggar. Traffic interchange with Canadian Pacific and CN (Website contains little information relating to railway)
• Stewart Southern Railway Richardson (near Regina, interchange with Canadian Pacific and CN) to Stoughton, about 80 miles (128 km) (No website located at present)
• Thunder Rail Crooked River (interchange with CN) to St Louis, about 20 miles (32 km)
• Torch River Rail Nipawin (interchange with Canadian Pacific) to Choiceland, about 28 miles (45 km) (No website located at present)
• Wheatland Railway Bruno (interchange with CN) to Davidson, about 46 miles (74 km) (No website located at present)

Tourist Services

• Grande Luxe Rail Journeys luxury cruise train
• The Western Development Museum, Moose Jaw has a narrow gauge tourist railway (Website contains little information relating to railway)

© 2006-2010 Glyn Williams
Photo image from the Great Western Railway website
Canadian flag image from CIA World Factbook
Saskatchewan flag image from the RecreationSaskatchewan website