Trail is located on Hwy 3B, the main route through southern BC, and extends out on both sides of the Columbia River. A Private vehicle is the most common and most convenient way to reach Trail, but there are a few other options:
Greyhound
(http://www.greyhound.ca) offers service into Castlegar where they work with an independent transport company to offer direct transit into trail. This can all be booked directly through the Greyhound webpage or through a Greyhound ticket agent.Castlegar Airport
about 25 minutes from Trail, has commercial flights from Vancouver, the Okanagan and Calgary with Air Canada Jazz.Trail Regional Airport
is just south of the city on the way to Waneta and the USA border and has flights to Vancouver via Pacific Coastal Airlines (http://www.pacificcoastal.com/)Spokane International Airport
in Spokane, Washington, is about 200 km south of Trail.