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 Churchill; 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

• Big Sky Rail Delisle (interchange with CN) via Lyons (branch to Laporte) to Beechy. Total length of line about 220 miles (354 km). Owned by Mobil Grain (Website contains few details relating to railway)
• Carlton Trail Railway Warman (interchange with CN and trackage rights over CN from Saskatoon) via Prince Albert (branches to Davis and Prince Albert Pulp Mill) to White Star. Total length of line about 103 miles (165km). A separate line from Speers to Meadow Lake (176 miles, 283km) is currently out of service
• Gravelbourg Subdivision (Mossbank to Hodgeville, about 54 miles, 87 km) of Canadian Pacific may be sold to another company
• 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), Ardwick (interchange with Canadian Pacific and branch to Pangman) and Rockglen (interchange with Southern Rails Cooperative) to Coronach (interchange with Poplar River Mine Railway). Total length of line about 438 miles (705 km), including lines owned by Fife Lake Railway and Red Coat Road & Rail but operated by Great Western
• Last Mountain Railway Regina (interchange with CN) to Davidson, about 84 miles (135 km)
• Poplar River Mine Railway Poplar River Mine via Coronach (interchange with Great Western) to Poplar River Power Station, about 12 miles (19 km). Owned by Sherritt Coal (Website contains no details relating to railway)
• 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)
• 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)

© 2006-2011 Glyn Williams
Photo image from the Great Western Railway website
Canadian flag image from CIA World Factbook
Saskatchewan flag image from the RecreationSaskatchewan website