The Dominion (train)

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The Dominion

The Dominion at Banff railway station in late 1959.
Overview
Service type	Long-distance passenger train
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Canada
Predecessor	Imperial Limited
First service	1931
Last service	February 1966
Successor	The Canadian
Former operator(s)	Canadian Pacific Railway
Route
Start	Toronto
End	Vancouver
Train number(s)	1, 2, 3, 4
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

The Dominion was a Canadian transcontinental passenger train operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It first began as a summer service between Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia, operating in 1931 and 1932. Effective June 23, 1933 it replaced the Imperial Limited as the CPR's main transcontinental service and included a Montreal, Quebec – Sudbury, Ontario section.

It remained CPR's flagship train until the introduction of the stainless steel dome streamliner The Canadian on 24 April 1955. In 1960 the train was reconfigured as a "transcontinental local" service on the same route as the Canadian to provide services on shorter trips.^[1] The Dominion had previously carried a large amount of mail and express parcels, which afterward was carried on fast freights as well as on The Canadian. This reduced The Dominion to a typical consist of four coaches and a baggage car.^[2] The service was eliminated officially in February 1966 but continued on as the (serving the Montreal World's Fair) for much of 1967.

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