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The Sudbury–White River train, formerly the ''Lake Superior'', informally called the ''Budd Car'', is a Canadian passenger train operated by
Train schedule: White River–Sudbury
Train schedule: Sudbury–White River
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Via Rail
Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada.
As of December 2023, Via Rail operates 406 trains per week across eight ...
serving communities between Sudbury and White River, Ontario, three times a week. The timetable numbers for this train are 185 for the westbound (Sudbury–White River) and 186 for the eastbound (White River–Sudbury).
The train provides flag stop
In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a bus stop, stop or train station, station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or drop ...
service to many remote locations accessible only by rail on the Canadian Pacific Kansas City mainline in Northern Ontario
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. Stops on the line include Amyot, Swanson, Franz, Lochalsh
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, Missanabie, Dalton, Nicholson, Chapleau, Nemegos, Kormak, Sultan
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, Biscotasing, Metagama and Benny.
The typical equipment used on this route is Budd Rail Diesel Car
The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC), also known as the Budd car or Buddliner, is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcar. Between 1949 and 1962, 398 RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The cars ...
using a RDC-2 and RDC-4, with an extra car added when required, typically on the Victoria Day weekend.
The line figures in 2015 television series on the UK's Channel Five - Chris Tarrant – ''Extreme Railways''. It is also featured in episode 8 of the TVO series ''Tripping'', with a full three-hour documentary available online in 4K.
While train services were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, they returned to the normal three trains per week schedule in June 2022.
As of April 3, 2023, until further notice, this train has no baggage car.
Route
References
Further reading
* Describes travel on the train route in the early 2000s.External links
Train schedule: White River–Sudbury
Train schedule: Sudbury–White River
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