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CP Holiday Train Visits East Kootenay Wednesday

The CP Holiday Train is making its way through the East Kootenay this Christmas season with stops in the Elk Valley and Cranbrook on Wednesday.

The special Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is making its first swing of visits in Sparwood, Fernie, Jaffray, and Cranbrook.

Creston, Castlegar, and Nelson will all see the Holiday Train on December 12th before visits to Radium Hot Springs and Golden on December 13th.

Here’s the full CP Holiday Train Schedule for the local area:

  • SparwoodWednesday, December 11, 2019
    • 367 Pine Avenue (behind Leisure Centre)
    • 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
  • FernieWednesday, December 11, 2019
    • 700 – 1st Ave (behind old CP Station)
    • 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
  • JaffrayWednesday, December 11, 2019
    • Mainline (across from Community Hall)
    • 6:45 pm to 7:15 pm
  • CranbrookWednesday, December 11, 2019
    • 25 Van Horne Street (CP station parking lot)
    • 9:00 pm to 9:30 pm
  • Creston Thursday, December 12, 2019
    • Mainline (Millennium Park)
    • 10:00 am to 10:30 am
  • CastlegarThursday, December 12, 2019
    • Heritage Society CP Station Museum (400 13 Avenue)
    • 4:45 pm to 5:15 pm
  • NelsonThursday, December 12, 2019
    • Railway Crossing at Lakeside Park (1900 Lakeside Drive)
    • 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Radium Hot SpringsFriday, December 13, 2019
    • Foresters Road Railway Crossing
    • 6:00 pm to 6:25 pm
  • GoldenFriday, December 13, 2019
    • 10th Avenue (across from 7/11 Store)
    • 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Terri Clark is performing at each stop in the East Kootenay, putting on a 30-minute show for the spectators.

The CP Holiday Train officially departed from Montreal on November 26th and will finish its Canadian tour in the Vancouver area on December 17th.

The CP Holiday Train. (Supplied by CP Rail)
Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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