{{Short description|Intercity train service in Ontario, Canada}} {{Infobox rail service | box_width = | name = ''Sudbury–White River'' | logo = | logo_width = | image = VIA 185 (Sudbury to White River).jpg | image_width = 350px | caption = VIA 185 in Sudbury, Ontario | type = [[Regional rail]] | status = Operating | locale = [[Northern Ontario]], Canada | first = | last = | operator = [[Via Rail]] | formeroperator= [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] | ridership = 5,943 (2019) | start = [[Sudbury station (Ontario)|Sudbury]] | stops = | end = [[White River station|White River]] | distance = {{convert|484|km|abbr=on}} | journeytime = Westbound: 8 hours and 5 minutes, Eastbound: 8 hours and 50 minutes | frequency = 3 times per week | trainnumber = 185, 186 | class = Economy | access = | seating = | sleeping = | autorack = | catering = | observation = | entertainment= | baggage = | otherfacilities= | stock = [[Budd Rail Diesel Car]] | gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}} | el = | speed = | owners = [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] | map_state = | map = {{switcher |{{maplink-road|id=Q7633559}} |Show interactive map |{{Via Rail Sudbury–White River train}} |Show route diagram map }} }} The '''Sudbury–White River train''', formerly the ''Lake Superior'', informally called the ''Budd Car'', is a Canadian passenger train operated by [[Via Rail]] serving communities between [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] and [[White River, Ontario|White River]], Ontario, three times a week.<ref>[http://www.viarail.ca/sites/all/files/media/pdfs/schedules/nor-ontario/Sudbury-WhiteRiver.pdf Via Rail Timetable]</ref><ref name="ls">{{cite web|url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/trains/ontario-and-quebec/sudbury-white-river|title=Sudbury-White River train – Description - Via Rail|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref> 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]] service to many remote locations accessible only by rail on the [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] mainline in [[Northern Ontario]]. Stops on the line include [[Amyot, Ontario|Amyot]], Swanson, [[Franz, Ontario|Franz]], [[Lochalsh, Algoma District, Ontario|Lochalsh]], [[Missanabie, Ontario|Missanabie]], [[Dalton station (Ontario)|Dalton]], [[Nicholson, Ontario|Nicholson]], [[Chapleau, Ontario|Chapleau]], [[Nemegos, Ontario|Nemegos]], [[Kormak, Ontario|Kormak]], [[Sultan, Ontario|Sultan]], [[Biscotasing, Ontario|Biscotasing]], [[Metagama, Ontario|Metagama]] and [[Benny, Ontario|Benny]].
The typical equipment used on this route is [[Budd Rail Diesel Car]] 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 5 (British TV channel)|Channel Five]] - [[Chris Tarrant]] – ''Extreme Railways''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cionorth.ca/en/shot-here/ |title=SHOT UP HERE |author= |date= |work=Music and Film in Motion |publisher=Cultural Industries Ontario North |quote=2015 - Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways: The Railway Created Canada (Sudbury, Chapleau & White River) |accessdate=November 1, 2015 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032922/http://cionorth.ca/en/shot-here/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is also featured in episode 8 of the [[TVO]] series ''Tripping'', with a full three-hour documentary available online in 4K.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRIPPING Train 185 |url=https://www.tvo.org/tripping-train-185 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=[[TVO]] Today}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Ride the rails from White River to Sudbury| last = Fleury | first = Clint | work = SNNewsWatch.com| date = 23 June 2022 | accessdate = 2022-06-27| url = https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/ride-the-rails-from-white-river-to-sudbury-5510772}}</ref>
==Route== [[File:VIA_Sudbury-White_River.svg|thumb|left|550px|{{center|VIA Sudbury-White River}}]] {{clear}}
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==Further reading== * {{cite magazine |last=Adair |first=Daryl |date=March–April 2003 |title=Two Days and Two Seasons from VIA Rail's ''Lake Superior'' |magazine=[[Canadian Rail]] |publisher=[[Canadian Railroad Historical Association]] |volume=493 |pages=60–63}} Describes travel on the train route in the early 2000s.
==External links== * [https://www.viarail.ca/en/plan-your-trip/train-schedules/white-river-sudbury Train schedule: White River–Sudbury] * [https://www.viarail.ca/en/plan-your-trip/train-schedules/sudbury-white-river Train schedule: Sudbury–White River]
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