Travel Advisory - Schedule changes to VIA's northern Manitoba services
- Including Winnipeg to Churchill and new local Thompson-area shuttle services -
- once per week from Thompson to Thicket Portage; - twice per week from Thicket Portage to Thompson; and - once per week between Gillam and Thompson (round-trip).
The new schedules for the
NEW SCHEDULES Between Winnipeg and Churchill: - Northbound train 693 will depart Winnipeg every Sunday and Wednesday at 12:30pm, and arrive in Churchill every Tuesday and Friday at 08:30 a.m. - Southbound train 692 will depart Churchill at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Saturday arriving in Winnipeg the following Thursday and Monday afternoon at 4:40 p.m. From Thicket Portage to Thompson - Tuesdays - Departing Thicket Portage at 8:30am. Arriving Thompson at 11:00am - Tuesdays - Departing Thicket Portage at 7 pm. Arriving Thompson at 9:30pm. From Thompson to Thicket Portage - Tuesdays - Departing Thompson at 4:00pm. Arriving Thicket Portage at 6:30pm From Gillam to Thompson via Ilford and Pikwitonei: - Fridays - Departing Gillam at 5:00am. Arriving Thompson at 11:00am From Thompson to Gillam via Pikwitonei and Ilford: - Fridays - Departing Thompson at 8:00pm. Arriving Gillam at 2:00am Saturdays.
Customers wishing further information or to reserve a ticket may call 1 888-842-6348 or 1 888-VIA RAIL (842-7245). Bookings may also be made online at viarail.ca. Prior to travel, passengers are advised to call 1 888-842-6348 to determine the on-time status of specific trains in northern Manitoba only.
For further information: Catherine Kaloutsky, VIA, (647) 228-1127
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