Rail Vacations
Travel by Rail
Travel by rail.  Let us do all the work and planning. We will set up a vacation package that will give you the vacation experience of a life time.  You will see magnificent scenery and the splendor of the Canadian country side, and visit places of beauty that can only be seen by rail.  We do all the work and you do all the enjoying.  Check out the special packages below and contact us now to set up your Rail Vacation.  Call: 207-449-1486 or Email: RailVacations@newenglandrailroad.com   Contact us today for double occupancy pricing.
more info
more info
more info
more info
more info
more info
more info
more info
more info
Next
We accept these major credit cards
Your discovery tour of Montreal & Nova Scotia vacation begins in Montreal followed by a relaxing rail tour on VIA Rail's 'Ocean' train to Halifax followed by a one week car tour exploring Nova Scotia & Cape Breton. The Ocean will introduce passengers to the new Easterly Class. Once aboard, a welcome sparkling wine toast will be offered in the Dining Car. Throughout the ensuing journey, the Learning Coordinator will be available to provide insight and commentary relating to the scenery and area through which the train is traveling. In addition, the Learning Coordinator will invite Easterly Class passengers to attend brief lectures covering a wide range of topics related to Maritime Canada, such as history, culture, geography, regional cuisine and dress. Spend the week exploring the natural beauty and culturally captivating villages and historic sites of this famous island.
Price: $4126.80 Quantity:
Journey across Canada from Vancouver to Toronto in style onboard VIA Rail's famous "Canadian". You'll also enjoy winter in Jasper, an alpine town set amongst some of the most spectacular scenery in the Canadian Rockies.
Price: $3158.40 Quantity:
This itinerary is packed full of beautiful places and exciting rail travel. To ease your travel plans, we have arranged all of your transfers and sightseeing. The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise and The Fairmont Banff Springs offer exceptional accommodations and breathtaking views. Your two-day daylight rail journey offers spectacular mountain scenery. In Jasper you will experience wilderness luxury at its very finest at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. See Canada's vast expanses as you travel from Jasper to Toronto aboard the Canadian in Silver & Blue class. For two days and two nights, your attentive VIA Rail staff will make your travels from Jasper to Toronto enjoyable and memorable. In Toronto we have made arrangements for you to overnight at the Fairmont Royal York.
Price: $5344.80 Quantity:
Experience the panoramic views of Canada aboard VIA Rails' transcontinental train, followed by an Inside Passage cruise aboard the ms Zuiderdam. No other mode of transportation allows you to view the very essence of Canada so close, or so comfortably as you travel on this unique transcontinental journey from the East Coast to the Pacific ocean, passing through cities & towns along the way. Discover the cosmopolitan coastal city of Vancouver, then escape by cruise ship to discover the Glacier Bay Inside Passage. There's only one way to truly experience the rugged expanse of Alaska's coastline. This classic Alaska cruise will thread through the Inside Passage where fir forests slip by seemingly close enough to touch. From the decks of the ms Zuiderdam, experience one of Alaska's best-kept secrets, the twin Sawyer Glaciers of Tracy Arm.
Price: $7413.60 Quantity:
All prices are quoted per person, if you would like a special quote for double occupancy please contact the reservations department at: RailVacations@newenglandrailroad.com  
This exciting rail & cruise tour combines the VIA Rail Canadian train as you travel through Alberta and British Columbia, followed by an Alaska Inside Passage Cruise. Your vacation begins in Alberta in the resort town of Banff. While in the Rockies you will enjoy a private sedan tour of Banff & Lake Louise, take a helicopter flight of Wilson Icefield including a landing & gourmet picnic lunch and travel along the famous Columbia Icefields Parkway, to Jasper, including a ride on Ice Explorer onto the icy slopes of the Athabasca Glacier. From Jasper, board VIA Rail for your overnight rail trip to Vancouver in private. In Vancouver, you will board the ms Zuiderdam for a cruise to Alaska. There's only one way to truly experience the rugged expanse of Alaska's coastline. A cruise will take you where roads and rails can't. Experience days of unforgettable whale sightings and calving glaciers.
Price: $7974.00 Quantity:
All bookings will require a 50% deposit. Final payment must be received no later than 60 days prior to the date of departure. Final payment must be in the same currency as the deposit.
This package offers a great combination of travel experiences with rail travel between Montreal and Quebec City. Montreal is in part sophisticated, trendy and modern with high fashion and high energy, while Old Montreal, in the heart of the old port, is a magical place with historic structures and charming shops and restaurants. Quebec City is perhaps the best city to visit in North America. Sitting high above the St. Lawrence, this walled city of stone structures and cobblestone streets seems to hold the magic of summer. A ride in a horse-drawn carriage, an impromptu performance by a troop of street performers or lunch at an open air café are all for the asking in Quebec City. But your visit isn't over. Pick up your rental car and drive to a beautiful manor overlooking the St. Lawrence River, where you will be welcomed as a guest in a stately home by the staff of the Fairmont Manoir Richelieu. Your travel from Montreal to Quebec City is aboard the service of Via Rail Canada.
Price: $1894.80 Quantity:
Discover the splendors of the Canada/New England coast as you cruise aboard the ms Maasdam from Boston to Montreal. The northeastern shores of North America harbour an unrivaled concentration of treasures: charming villages, spectacular fjords, elite yatching ports and the perfectly Parisian neighbourhoods of Quebec & Montreal. VIA Rail's corridor service will take you from Montreal to Toronto where you will experience two unique cities. Experience the trains of the Canadian Rockies as you travel aboard VIA Rail's Canadian and the Rocky Mountaineer train. Enjoy the famed Silver & Blue service of VIA Rail as you travel from Toronto to Jasper in a private bedroom. Then experience three days exploring the Canadian Rockies destinations of Jasper and Banff. Afterwards, your journey will take you to Vancouver aboard the Rocky Mountaineer two day all daylight rail tour.
Price: $11054.40 Quantity:
Grand Lodges, Rail & winter adventure all await you on this exciting winter escape! Your adventure will have you spending your evenings in the comfort of the Grand Lodges of the Canadian Rockies and your days spent exploring a scenic winter wonderland where you will walk through an ice canyon, take a horse drawn sleigh ride, race your own team of Alaskan Huskies & discover the beauty of snow-covered forests and ice crackling rivers. Visit Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper before travelling, aboard VIA Rails Canadian, to the European-style village of Sun Peaks. This winter, let Canada sweep you off your feet!
Price: $6800.40 Quantity:
Travel in a pampered and spacious suite for 3 nights aboard VIA Rail's Canadian. Discover the celebrated Fairmont Hotel's 'Fairmont Gold' Service in Toronto and Vancouver. Enjoy the beauty of a lakeside suite at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Enjoy a dream voyage in the intimacy of a private suite. Let Via Rail spoil you: fresh flowers, chocolates on the pillow, top-quality sparkling wine when as the train leaves... every evening, if you spend more than one night aboard! Your spacious suite, comprising two converted regular bedrooms, will be the envy of other passengers. Crisp bed linen and an inviting down duvet await you. And if you have a quick word with your attendant before retiring, he will bring you breakfast in bed! Romance by Rail has been designed just for you and your 'significant other'.
Price: $3118.80 Quantity:
Everything about this package is Vintage! Stay at one of the luxurious Vintage Hotels (Pillar & Post, Prince of Wales, Queens Landing) in the heart of Niagara On The Lake's Old Town. Then it's time to taste the VQA (Vintner's Quality Assurance) wines of the famous Niagara Wine District. This Getaway begins with return Comfort Class VIA Rail service from Toronto and return private car transfers from the Niagara VIA station to your hotel. Then enjoy two nights deluxe accommodation, 1 three course dinnner and two full breakfasts, deluxe wine bus tour of 4 wineries, all taxes and gratuities. Cost:$718.80 per person double occupancy. Option: Stay in a Niagara On The Lake B&B and this same package becomes $526.80 per person double occupancy.
Price: $ 718.80 Quantity:
Classic Rail Circle 6 Nights / 7 Days The ultimate all-rail journey through the dramatic and diverse scenery of Canada’s West. Your vacation includes travel on two of our rail routes, the Rocky Mountaineer Fraser Discovery Route and the Whistler Mountaineer. Each night is spent in a hotel so you are fully refreshed to continue your rail journey the following day.
Price: $5146.80 Quantity:
This package may be one of the best rail values offered. Vancouver plus a rail trip high into the Canadian Rockies aboard The Canadian in Silver & Blue class in a private bedroom, meals aboard the train and access to domed viewing cars. In Jasper, see the mountains tower around you and hear thundering waterfalls tell of moraine colored lakes. You next rail journey takes you from Jasper, across the interior of British Columbia, following the Skeena River to Prince Rupert on the Pacific Ocean. Your seats are in Totem Deluxe Class*, domed viewing cars, giving you panoramic views of the scenery. Your seats are spacious and comfortable. Delicious meals are served at your seats. The train stops for an overnight in Prince George where hotel accommodations have been arranged. The next day you continue with a full day of rail travel to Prince Rupert staying at the Crest Hotel.
Price: $3814.80 Quantity:
Time was, you could board a sleeper train in Vancouver and travel through to Halifax without changing trains. You can still experience this wonderful trip, using a combination of VIA Rail's trains across Canada. The Canadian Silver and Blue Class from Vancouver to Toronto takes you through majestic mountains, across vast prairies, along shimmering lakes in a cozy sleeper car. Enjoy delicious meals served in elegant surroundings and access to domed viewing cars. VIA 1 First Class Service from Toronto to Montreal and Montreal to Quebec City, pampers travelers with large roomy seats, large viewing windows and delicious meals. Board the Ocean from Quebec City to Halifax in a private bedroom. Along the way enjoy stays in Toronto at the historic Fairmont Royal York and a full day excursion to Niagara Falls. In Montreal, your stay is at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth. In Quebec City, the very symbol of that city, the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac. In Halifax, the waterside Delta Halifax.
Price: $5692.80 Quantity:
This package is 'All about the Trains'. You would be hard pressed to find a more exciting combination of top caliber rail travel. Start with the excitement of a sleeper train as you board VIA Rail's Canadian in Silver and Blue Class bound for Jasper in the Canadian Rockies. Enjoy the comforts of your private bedroom, meal service in the dining room and access to the domed viewing cars. From Jasper, you will travel aboard the Rocky Mountaineer in their first season of operations on their 'Fraser Discovery Route.' Few train trips offer such dramatic scenery. These two days of daylight rail travel will take you on a 634 mile odyssey that will astound you with the diverse beauty of Canada's West. And just when you think scenery couldn't get any better, you board the New 'Whistler Mountaineer' from Whistler to Vancouver from mountain peaks to shimmering ocean views on their Sky to Sea route. Along the way, you will stay in wonderful hotels and resorts.
Price: $6280.80 Quantity: