Keewatin Railway

Keewatin Railway
LocaleManitoba, Canada
TerminusThe Pas
Pukatawagan
Commercial operations
Built byHudson Bay Railway
Original gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Reporting markKRC
Stations14
Length99 mi (159 km)
April 1, 2006Reopened
Website
www.krcrail.ca

The Keewatin Railway Company is a First Nations-owned shortline railroad that operates in northern Manitoba, between The Pas, and Pukatawagan. This is Canada's second First Nations railway, the first being Labrador and Northern Quebec's Tshiuetin Rail Transportation.

The railway company currently operates a line formerly owned by Hudson Bay Railway, and used by Via Rail passenger trains. Via Rail previously operated a twice-weekly passenger rail service between The Pas and Pukatawagan through an operating agreement with Hudson Bay Railway Company. This passenger service continues under a new operating agreement between Keewatin Railway Company and Via Rail, which still operates twice-weekly passenger trains (Numbers 290/291) through an agreement with the new company.[1] These are mixed trains.[2]

  1. ^ "The Pas-Pukatawagan train - Description". Via Rail. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  2. ^ Steve Boyko. "Keewatin Railway Company". Traingeek.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2012-09-16.