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2016 Schedule 2016 2016 2016 Schedule TOUR OPERATES: Tuesday June 21 until Monday, October 10, 2016 Please see schedule for dates of operation Depart: 8:00 a.m. Return: 6:00 p.m. Times are shown in Eastern Time and are subject to change without notice. The Railway cannot be held responsible for delays and/or cancellations. Summer Fares CND $ IN EFFECT: June 21 to September 11, 2016 Adults (19+) Coach $84.07 Seniors (60+) Coach $75.22 Youth (6-18) Coach $39.82 Child (2-5) Coach $35.40 City Miles KM Via Under 2 Coach FREE MACKINAW CITY, MI 58 93 I-75 Fall Fares CND $ DETROIT, MI 340 544 I-75 IN EFFECT: September 12 to October 10, 2016 SAGINAW, MI 246 394 I-75 GRAND RAPIDS, MI 278 445 131, 1-75 Adults/Seniors (19+) Coach $101.77 CLEVELAND, OH 509 848 90, 23, I-75 Youth (6-18) Coach $64.03 COLUMBUS, OH 539 862 23, I-75 Child (2-5) Coach $48.67 GREEN BAY, WI 272 435 41, 2, I-75 Under 2 Coach FREE MILWAUKEE, WI 406 649 43, 41, 2, I-75 All rates are subject to 13% HST and applicable service fee CHICAGO, IL 490 784 94, 43, 41, 2, I-75 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 521 828 69, 27, I-75 TORONTO, ON 420 700 400, 69 & 17 Ticket Purchases OTTAWA, ON 480 795 17 RESERVATIONS are recommended and tickets may be SUDBURY, ON 185 296 17 purchased in advance by calling the Railway toll free s r r TM THUNDER BAY, ON 440 720 17 at 1-800-242-9287 between 9:00 a.m. and 09:00 p.m. A customer service representative will assist you with your reservation and please be prepared to provide your ONLY AN HOUR NORTH OF MACKINAW Visa or Mastercard number and expiry date. You will receive Sorry, we cannot accommodate pets a confirmation of your booking and payment via mail or email. The Ticket Office is open from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and reserved tickets may be picked up one day prior to or on the morning of your train departure (please have your booking confirmation). Please note that the Train pulls up to the Depot at approximately 7:30 a.m. for boarding and departs at 8:00 a.m., we suggest arriving prior to 7:30 a.m. if picking up your tickets on the morning of departure. If you do not purchase advance tickets, remaining seats may be purchased the day prior to or on the morning of departure and are subject to availability. Changes & Cancellations A one-day rail excursion into the Cancellations are accepted up to 14 days prior to tour date. Algoma Central Railway Inc., Passenger Sales heart of the Canadian wilderness. If received LESS than 14 days prior to tour date a 10% cancellation fee applies. Tour date changes will be accepted at no additional P.O. Box 130, 129 Bay St., Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 6Y2 CANADA IN PRINTED charge, subject to availability. If date change cannot be accommodated then cancellation policy takes precedence. 1-800-242-9287 PLEASE NOTE: Tour Train is a smoke-free environment www.agawatrain.com All Aboard! Northern Ontario’s rugged beauty often As the train pulls to a stop at Mile 114, you will have an hour surprises visitors and an engaging way to and half to experience the ‘jewel’ of the tour, Agawa Canyon Park. Enjoy scenic walks on gravelled trails leading to several experience these incredible landscapes is waterfalls or experience the invigorating climb up over 300 aboard the one-day Agawa Canyon Tour stairs to the breathtaking Lookout, perched 250 feet above Train. Departing from the Railway’s depot in the canyon floor. For those looking for something a little downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, this more relaxing you can enjoy a peaceful lunch in the many picnic areas located throughout the park, or just pull up a 114 mile excursion truly showcases the rugged bench and watch the Agawa River flow peacefully by. scenery that’s exclusive to the region. Though well maintained, please remember this is a As you settle into your comfortable coach, you’ll feel the wilderness park setting and we recommend seasonal pace of life slow as thoughts of riding a train evoke a sense recreational clothing and footwear. There is also plenty to of simpler times, while raising expectations of the journey photograph during your excursion so be sure to pack your ahead. Shortly after rolling away from the depot, traces of camera. city life will fade as the Northern Ontario wilderness unfolds outside the large tinted windows. Seemly unending mixed Fall Colour Season forests of the Canadian Shield open suddenly as the rails Algoma Country is ablaze with colour during autumn skirt the shores of remote lakes and rivers, cut through and for decades the Canyon Tour has been a favourite granite rock-cuts and cross towering trestles. You are way for fall ‘leaf peepers’ to experience some of the most experiencing the same rugged landscapes and majestic spectacular fall colour in North America. Though peak views that inspired members of the Group of Seven to first colour varies each season, typically the last two weeks travel to the area in 1918. Renting a box car outfitted as of September and the first week of October can offer the a cabin from the Railway they were shunted to different best colour and should be considered when planning your sidings along the rail line to sketch and paint, creating some excursion. Please note that due to popularity, the Railway of Canada’s most notable landscape art. recommends booking your ‘fall colour’ tour early. As the train winds its way through this one-of-a-kind Dining Car Service landscape, a GPS triggered commentary weaves the story Dining on a train is a unique experience and full meal of region. Available in five languages including English service is available in the dining car from time of boarding throughout the coaches and in French, German, Japanese until approximately 4:00 p.m. and includes hot and cold and Mandarin via wireless headsets, you will learn about breakfast and lunches, picnic box lunches, assorted hot upcoming points of interest as well as the some of the areas and cold beverages as well a variety of alcoholic beverages rich history with stories of the Ojibway, fur traders, explorers including beer, wine, coolers and mixed drinks. Café coach and entrepreneurs that opened up this vast wilderness. service is also available offering snacks, light lunches and The beautiful scenery outside your window is further beverages. You may also bring your own food and snacks enhanced by the locomotive mounted cameras providing onboard but personal food and drinks are not permitted in an engineer’s ‘eye-view’ over flat screen monitors installed the dining car. throughout the coaches. Note: Consumption of personal alcohol is prohibited by law. Just when you thought you had experienced it all, the train will begin its descent into the canyon at Mile 102 and as the rail line hugs the top of the canyon wall you will travel down 500 feet over the next 10 miles to the floor of the Agawa Canyon, created more than 1.2 billion years ago by faulting and widened and reshaped by the last ice-age that retreated 1-800-242-9287 some 10,000 years ago. www.agawatrain.com.
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