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The '''Ultimate Transit Relay''' ('''UTR''') is a [[Transit Relay]] whose route attempts to cross every single sovereign state in the world (including stops in each capital as well as several highlights of each region) using [[public transit]]—[[bus]]es, [[train]]s, [[tram]]s, [[metro]]s, [[ferry|ferries]], and the occasional [[airplane]].
The '''Ultimate Transit Relay''' ('''UTR''') is a [[Transit Relay]] whose route attempts to cross every single sovereign state in the world (including stops in each capital as well as several highlights of each region) using [[public transit]]—[[bus]]es, [[train]]s, [[tram]]s, [[metro]]s, [[ferry|ferries]], and the occasional [[airplane]].
==Route==
==Route==
===[[Canada]]===
#Depart [[Toronto]]
{| class="wikitable"
#[[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]
|+
#[[Newfoundland and Labrador]] (St. John's–Elliston–Gander–Rocky Harbour–Port aux Basques)
!Leg
#[[Nova Scotia]] (Sydney–Halifax–Annapolis Valley)
!Origin
#[[Prince Edward Island]] (Charlottetown–Tyne Valley)
!Destination
#[[New Brunswick]] (Shediac–Moncton–Fundy National Park–Fredericton)
!Operator
#[[Quebec]] (Tadoussac–Quebec City–Trois-Rivières–Sherbrooke–[[Montreal]])
!Service
#[[Ontario]] ([[Ottawa]]–Kingston–Oshawa–Hamilton–Niagara Falls–London–Windsor–Sarnia–Kitchener–Guelph–Toronto–Tobermory–Manitoulin Island–Sault Ste. Marie–Thunder Bay)
!Coverage
#[[Manitoba]] (Whiteshell Provincial Park–[[Winnipeg]]–Riding National Park)
!Departure
#[[Saskatchewan]] (Saskatoon–Regina)
!Duration
#[[Alberta]] (Drumheller–[[Calgary]]–[[Edmonton]]–Banff–Jasper)
!Arrival
#[[British Columbia]] (Kelowna–[[Vancouver]]–Victoria)
|-
#[[Nunavut]] (Iqaluit)
!colspan="10" |Day 1: Toronto to St. John's
#[[Northwest Territories]] (Yellowknife)
|-
#[[Yukon]] (Whitehorse)
|rowspan="6"&style="text-align:center;"|1
#[[Alaska]] (Fairbanks–[[Denali]]–Anchorage–Seward–Juneau)
|style="text-align:right;"|'''Union'''
#[[Washington]] ([[Seattle]]–Olympia–Olympic Peninsula–San Juan Islands–Bainbridge–Whidbey Islands–North Cascades–[[Mount Rainier]])
|style="text-align:left;"|Fallowfield
#[[Oregon]] (Portland–Salem–Cascade Locks–Hood River–Mount Hood–Bend–Mount Bachelor–Crater Lake National Park–Ashland)
|style="text-align:center;"|[[VIA Rail Canada]]
#[[California (IRL)|California]] ([[Sacramento]]–Redwoods State Park–Trinidad–Arcata–Lost Coast–Humboldt–Fort Bragg–Mendocino–Sonoma–[[San Francisco]] Bay Area–Santa Cruz–Big Sur–San Simeon–Pismo Beach–Santa Barbara–Malibu–[[Los Angeles]]–Venice–[[San Diego]])
|style="text-align:center;"|40
#Intermediate legs
|rowspan="6"&style="text-align:center;"|[[User:SGuySMW]]
#[[Florida]] ([[Tallahassee]]–[[Jacksonville]]–[[Tampa]] Bay–[[Orlando]]–[[Miami]])
|style="text-align:right;"|10:32 AM
#Intermediate legs
|style="text-align:center;"|4h6m
#[[Spain]] ([[Barcelona]][[Madrid]]–El Escorial–Valley of the Fallen–Toledo–[[Seville]]–Arcos de la Frontera–Tarifa–Tangier–[[Gibraltar]]–Nerja–Granada–Segovia–Ávila–Salamanca–Santiago de Compostela–San Sebastián–[[Bilbao]])
|style="text-align:left;"|2:38 PM
#Intermediate legs
|-
#[[Italy]] ([[Milan]]–Varenna–Verona–Bolzano–Castelrotto–Venice–Vernazza–Pisa–Florence–Siena–Assisi–Orvieto–Civita–[[Naples]]–Sorrento–Capri–Positano–[[Pompeii]][[Rome]])
|style="text-align:right;"|Fallowfield
#[[Vatican City]] (Saint Peter's Square)
|style="text-align:left;"|Baseline
#Intermediate legs
|style="text-align:center;"|[[OC Transpo]]
#[[North Korea]] ([[Pyongyang]])
|style="text-align:center;"|75
#Intermediate legs
|style="text-align:right;"|2:55 PM
#Arrive in Toronto
|style="text-align:center;"|10m
|style="text-align:left;"|3:05 PM
|-
|style="text-align:right;"|Baseline
|style="text-align:left;"|Billings Bridge
|style="text-align:center;"|OC Transpo
|style="text-align:center;"|88
|style="text-align:right;"|3:12 PM
|style="text-align:center;"|23m
|style="text-align:left;"|3:35 PM
|-
|style="text-align:right;"|Billings Bridge
|style="text-align:left;"|Airport
|style="text-align:center;"|OC Transpo
|style="text-align:center;"|97
|style="text-align:right;"|3:49 PM
|style="text-align:center;"|18m
|style="text-align:left;"|4:07 PM
|-
|colspan="2"&style="text-align:center;"|Dinner
|colspan="2"&style="text-align:center;"|{{Tighten|Ottawa International Airport|-1.125}}
|colspan="3"&style="text-align:center;"|TBD
|-
|style="text-align:right;"|Ottawa (YOW)
|style="text-align:left;"|St. John's (YYT)
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Porter Airlines]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Tooltip|PD 299|Embraer 195 E2}}
|style="text-align:right;"|7:20 PM
|style="text-align:center;"|2h12m
|style="text-align:left;"|11:40 PM
|-
!colspan="10" |Day 2: St. John's
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|
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|}
The Transit Relay's route begins in [[Toronto]] on a Sunday morning at 7:00 AM. The inaugural leg sees [[User:SGuySMW|SMW]] and his team ride a [[VIA Rail Canada]] train to the capital [[Ottawa]] before riding local buses to the airport, where they will board a flight to [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]'s provincial capital of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]. From there, the team will hand off the baton to the first of many teams that will take the baton across all ten of Canada's provinces. It will eventually arrive at [[British Columbia]]'s provincial capital of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], located on Vancouver Island.
==[[Greenland]]==
After reaching the easternmost tip of Canada,
==Canada (territories)==
 
==[[United States]]==
 
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 2 March 2025

The Ultimate Transit Relay (UTR) is a Transit Relay whose route attempts to cross every single sovereign state in the world (including stops in each capital as well as several highlights of each region) using public transitbuses, trains, trams, metros, ferries, and the occasional airplane.

Route

  1. Depart Toronto
  2. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  3. Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's–Elliston–Gander–Rocky Harbour–Port aux Basques)
  4. Nova Scotia (Sydney–Halifax–Annapolis Valley)
  5. Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown–Tyne Valley)
  6. New Brunswick (Shediac–Moncton–Fundy National Park–Fredericton)
  7. Quebec (Tadoussac–Quebec City–Trois-Rivières–Sherbrooke–Montreal)
  8. Ontario (Ottawa–Kingston–Oshawa–Hamilton–Niagara Falls–London–Windsor–Sarnia–Kitchener–Guelph–Toronto–Tobermory–Manitoulin Island–Sault Ste. Marie–Thunder Bay)
  9. Manitoba (Whiteshell Provincial Park–Winnipeg–Riding National Park)
  10. Saskatchewan (Saskatoon–Regina)
  11. Alberta (Drumheller–CalgaryEdmonton–Banff–Jasper)
  12. British Columbia (Kelowna–Vancouver–Victoria)
  13. Nunavut (Iqaluit)
  14. Northwest Territories (Yellowknife)
  15. Yukon (Whitehorse)
  16. Alaska (Fairbanks–Denali–Anchorage–Seward–Juneau)
  17. Washington (Seattle–Olympia–Olympic Peninsula–San Juan Islands–Bainbridge–Whidbey Islands–North Cascades–Mount Rainier)
  18. Oregon (Portland–Salem–Cascade Locks–Hood River–Mount Hood–Bend–Mount Bachelor–Crater Lake National Park–Ashland)
  19. California (Sacramento–Redwoods State Park–Trinidad–Arcata–Lost Coast–Humboldt–Fort Bragg–Mendocino–Sonoma–San Francisco Bay Area–Santa Cruz–Big Sur–San Simeon–Pismo Beach–Santa Barbara–Malibu–Los Angeles–Venice–San Diego)
  20. Intermediate legs
  21. Florida (TallahasseeJacksonvilleTampa Bay–OrlandoMiami)
  22. Intermediate legs
  23. Spain (BarcelonaMadrid–El Escorial–Valley of the Fallen–Toledo–Seville–Arcos de la Frontera–Tarifa–Tangier–Gibraltar–Nerja–Granada–Segovia–Ávila–Salamanca–Santiago de Compostela–San Sebastián–Bilbao)
  24. Intermediate legs
  25. Italy (Milan–Varenna–Verona–Bolzano–Castelrotto–Venice–Vernazza–Pisa–Florence–Siena–Assisi–Orvieto–Civita–Naples–Sorrento–Capri–Positano–PompeiiRome)
  26. Vatican City (Saint Peter's Square)
  27. Intermediate legs
  28. North Korea (Pyongyang)
  29. Intermediate legs
  30. Arrive in Toronto