Tahsis Trunk Line

The Tahsis Trunk Line is a 36.1 mile railway line of the RBCN Railway on Vancouver Island, running from Steel Creek on the RBCN Railway's Port Hardy Trunk Line to Campbell River, where it connects with BC Rail's Central Coast Line. It is designated RBCNR Line 2.

There is a 0.9 mile freight-only branch from Zeballos to Zeballos Docks, designated Line 2A, Zeballos Docks Spur.

History
This line was opened by the Railway Flotilla in 1935.

Freight
At Steel Creek there is a connection to a forestry railway, and a sizeable yard, where up- and down-bound freight to and from Zeballos and Tahsis is assembled. Rail-served industries at Zeballos are gold mining, iron mining, logging, a fish packing plant, and an oyster farm; at Tahsis, a sawmill and an iron ore dock.

There is one daily except Sunday local freight train running between Steel Creek and Tahsis and a Monday through Friday ore train from Zeballos to Tahsis Port. There is also a daily express freight from Port Hardy to Tahsis Port; this hauls iron ore from Tasu in Haida Gwaii to the ore dock at Tahsis Port.

Passenger
Two daily return trips operate daily between Port Hardy and Tahsis as Local trains L5/L6 and L7/L8. Each of these trains has an RBCN Railway through car running Campbell River – Steel Creek – Tahsis and a BC Rail through car running Nanaimo – Campbell River – Tahsis. These trains make scheduled stops at all stations and halts along the route they serve. RBCNR Local trains are second-class only, with baggage and parcel handling service available for a surcharge, and have seat-side drink and snack service. Fares are subject to the Ministry Schedule of Railway Fares.

All local freight trains on this line carry a passenger caboose for passenger traffic, with tickets at the standard local freight seat price of one crown per station.

Timetable

 * "Down" is towards Steel Creek; Down trains are superior to Up trains.
 * ≈ - train travels via different route