The Canadian (French: Le Canadien) is a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail on its Western Canada service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario, and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The Canadian's eastbound journey begins at Vancouver's Pacific Central Station. It uses the BNSF Railway's tracks through suburban communities until it reaches the New Westminster Bridge, where trains cross the Fraser River. The Canadian then uses Canadian National (CN) tracks through the eastern Fraser Valley.Trains then switch between CN and CPKC tracks for 249 kilometres (155 mi) from Mission to Kamloops through the use of directional running through the Fraser and Thompson River canyons. Eastbound trains use the CPKC lines, and westbound trains use the CN tracks. The CN route passes through Painted Canyon, and features CN's 240-metre (800 ft) steel-arched bridge over the Fraser River and the CPKC mainline at Cisco. The tracks in Painted Canyon are only approximately 61 metres (200 ft) above the Thompson River. On their regular schedules, both east and westbound Canadians travel through the Fraser and Thompson river canyons at night. From Kamloops North station, the tracks run north and follow the North Thompson River. The icefields of the Albreda Glacier are visible from the route, which is protected by railway slide fences. From Valemount station to Redpass Junction, eastbound and westbound trains routes again diverge. Eastbound trains use CN's Albreda Subdivision through Mount Robson Provincial Park; westbound trains use CN's Robson Subdivision, which is lower in elevation. The Canadian travels past Moose Lake and follows the Fraser to Yellowhead Lake. The train crosses the Continental Divide of the Americas at Yellowhead Pass, which at 3,718 ft (1,133 m) is the lowest crossing of the divide in North America. The pass also marks the boundaries between British Columbia and Alberta, the Pacific and Mountain time zones, the Pacific a