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The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the ''Hudson Bay'' and prior to that ''Northern Spirits''〔http://web.archive.org/web/20001017204916/http://www.viarail.ca/en.trai.nord.html#03〕) is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry land connection between Churchill and the rest of Canada. ==Schedule== The train, which runs through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, leaves Winnipeg in the evening on Tuesday and Sunday and arrives in Churchill early in the morning two days later. The train departs Churchill in the evening on Thursday and Saturday and arrives in Winnipeg early in the morning two days later. An additional service operates between The Pas (leaving Monday) and Churchill (leaving Tuesday) The journey travels on the Canadian National Railway line north to The Pas where it transfers to the Hudson Bay Railway passing through Thompson and Gillam on its way to the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay, taking approximately 36 hours each way. The train previously served Lynn Lake, service was truncated to Pukatawagan in 2003 by then track owners OmniTRAX citing a loss in freight traffic making the service unprofitable. Via still operates twice weekly service from The Pas to Pukatawagan on behalf of the Keewatin Railway which now owns the Sherridon Subdivision.〔〔 〕〔http://www.viarail.ca/en/trains/prairies-and-northern-manitoba/the-pas-pukatawagan/description〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winnipeg–Churchill train」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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