british columbia and alberta dates of operation 1990 1990 track gauge 4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm headquarters vancouver british columbia website www.rockymountaineer.com rocky mountaineer is a canadian tour company offering western canadian vacation packages that operates trains on four rail routes through british columbia and alberta . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 equipment 4 routes 4.1 new route and changes 5 trip structure 6 connecting services 7 notes 8 references 9 external links history edit the company was founded by the armstrong group in 1990 and is based in vancouver british columbia . it ran its first train on may 27 1990 . 1 it is the busiest privately owned passenger rail service in north america having transported over one million passengers since 1990 . awards edit rocky mountaineer has been awarded the world s leading travel experience by train at the world travel awards seven times 2 for its goldleaf service and was recognized by national geographic magazine as one of the world s best journeys in 2007 . the society of american travel writers the world s largest organization of professional travel journalists and photographers rated the rocky mountaineer as the world s top train ride in 2009 . 3 equipment edit this section needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . february 2016 the rocky mountaineer boards passengers at banff alberta rocky mountaineer operates over 75 railcars in its fleet gp40 2l locomotives ex canadian national railway rebuilt by gec alstom citation needed 32 redleaf canada car and foundry single deck coaches ex canadian national railway . 4 6 silverleaf single level dome coaches rebuilt from redleaf coaches . 4 16 goldleaf colorado railcar bi level ultra dome coaches with wrap over view windows on the top level . 4 previous equipment ge b36 7 locomotives leased from bc rail . citation needed routes edit en route between banff and kamloops rocky mountaineer operates trains over four principal routes over the canadian pacific railway cp on the first passage to the west route from vancouver british columbia via kamloops to banff or calgary alberta . over the canadian national railway cn on the journey through the clouds route from vancouver via kamloops to jasper alberta the rainforest to gold rush route over the cn operated portion from north vancouver via whistler and quesnel through prince george to jasper the first passage to the west and journey through the clouds route trains depart from rocky mountaineer s station at 1755 cottrell street just off terminal avenue in vancouver . the defunct whistler sea to sky climb route trains depart from a platform at the corner of philip avenue and west 1st street in north vancouver . the whistler sea to sky climb has been absorbed into and now comprises the beginning of the rainforest to gold rush route which departs from rocky mountaineer s platform at the nita lake lodge in the creekside area of whistler . new route and changes edit rocky mountaineer announced a new route for 2013 called the coastal passage which connects seattle wa on a 3 day trip through the rockies to jasper and banff ab . this is the first international route for rocky mountaineer . rocky mountaineer also opened a new station stop on the route s coastal passage and first passage to the west . currently the stations on the line that are used by the rocky mountaineer are banff railway station and tower centre in calgary . the new station stop is lake louise railway station which opened in 2013 for rocky mountaineer service . the coastal passage according to rocky mountaineer s website operates to and from the pacific central station . this only applies to the route section between vancouver and seattle while the rest of the route like other rocky mountaineer domestic routes operate out of the rocky mountaineer station . the coastal passage does not operate out of a unique station in seattle as it does in vancouver but operates out of king street station . trip structure edit to allow for the best views trains operate exclusively during the day . on the calgary banff vancouver and on the jasper vancouver routes an overnight stop is made in kamloops whilst on the jasper to whistler route an overnight stop is made in quesnel . the services do not operate during the winter months of november to march . connecting services edit the nearest international airports to the rocky mountaineer are calgary international airport and vancouver international airport . in vancouver rocky mountaineer trains depart from the rocky mountaineer station while other rail services operate out of either pacific central station amtrak and via rail or waterfront station westcoast express . at the jasper railway station passengers can transfer directly to via rail s canadian and jasper prince rupert train service . notes edit johnston 2016 p. 50 rocky mountaineer goldleaf service . 2012 . retrieved 9 february 2014 . travel writers select the world s top 10 train rides . travel industry today . 16 july 2009 . retrieved 9 february 2014 . a b c fact sheet pdf . rocky mountaineer . october 2013 . retrieved 14 february 2015 . references edit johnston bob february 2016 . it takes more than scenery . trains . 76 2 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to rocky mountaineer . rocky mountaineer v t e passenger railways of canada intercity via rail amtrak cascades maple leaf adirondack keewatin railway ontario northland railway tshiuetin rail transportation kaoham shuttle sightseeing agawa canyon tour train port stanley terminal rail rocky mountaineer royal canadian pacific white pass and yukon route commuter rail go transit greater toronto union pearson express greater toronto smarttrack greater toronto agence m tropolitaine de transport greater montreal west coast express greater vancouver rapid transit montreal metro montreal rem toronto subway vancouver skytrain light rail ctrain calgary 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