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((Short description|Canadian improvised soap opera))
((Multiple issues|
((More citations needed|date=March 2013))
((Original research|date=February 2012))
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((Infobox television
| image              =
| caption            = 
| runtime            = 25 minutes
| creator            = [[Eric Lunsky]]<br />[[Duncan McKenzie (writer)|Duncan McKenzie]]
| executive_producer = Paul Bronfman<br />[[Steven S. Levitan|Steve Levitan]]
| starring           = [[Raoul Bhaneja]]<br />[[Joanne Boland]]<br />[[Paul Braunstein]]<br />[[Joe Dinicol]]<br />[[Krista Sutton]]<br />[[Ingrid Hart]]<br />[[Paul Sun-Hyung Lee]]<br />Andrew Kenneth Martin<br />[[Lisa Merchant]]<br />[[Jack Mosshammer]]<br />[[Amy Price-Francis]]
| country            = Canada
| network            = [[Global Television Network]]
| budget             = $40,000 (per episode)
| num_episodes       = 318
| first_aired        = ((Start date|2003|6|2))
| last_aired         = ((End date|2005|7|1))
| related            = ''[[Going Home (TV series)|Going Home]]'' 
))

'''''Train 48''''' was a Canadian improvised [[soap opera]], broadcast on [[Global Television Network]] and [[CH (television system)|CH]] from 2003 until 2005. The series was based on the format of an Australian television program called ''[[Going Home (TV series)|Going Home]]''.((citation needed|date=April 2023))

==Characters==
* Liz Irwin-Gallo ([[Krista Sutton]]) (seasons 1–2, guest season 3) is a marketing expert and a senior executive at TWC, a large pharmaceutical company. After two divorces and a series of unsuccessful relationships, including with fellow passenger Randy, Liz has decided to have a child through in vitro fertilization. The character was shot in the finale of the second season and was in a coma for much of season 3, with Sutton not listed on the main cast, but was a recurring character late in the season with the character recovering from a brain injury induced by the shooting. 
* Johnny McLaughlin ([[Paul Braunstein]]) is a "[[hoser]]". A handyman and construction foreman, he is often between jobs. He attempted to start his own business making sheds, "Sheds for Brains", before returning to construction and later, employment as a heavy-duty industrial cleaner in a downtown building. A loyal family man, he's been married for 18 years to Charity and has three daughters. He loves hockey, fishing, beer, and his family. 
* Randy Ko ([[Paul Sun-Hyung Lee]]) is a mild-mannered engineer and scifi geek. After being dumped by his fiancée, Agnes, he enters a relationship with Liz but they broke up when she decided to have a baby through artificial insemination. 
*Peter (Pete) Subramani ([[Raoul Bhaneja]]) is an ambitious stockbroker with questionable ethics and a succession of questionable get rich quick schemes. 
* Lucas West (Andrew Kenneth Martin) works as a producer for a small advertising agency but has ambitions to be a film maker. He comes from a wealthy family that made its money in the oil business in Alberta but is estranged from them. He's had a string of girlfriends, some of whom are married to other men. 
* Brenda Murphy ([[Lisa Merchant]]) comes from a small town out west and works as a clerical worker in downtown Toronto at Dubbin & Wallace, an insurance company. She's "forty-something", and has worked in the same department for 16 years. Her husband, Doug, died in a bicycle accident in August 2003. She has three children. A church-goer, Brenda means well but has traditional views which often get her into trouble with the other passengers, as does her love of gossip. 
* Dana Davin (Joanne Boland) is an aspiring songwriter, music store employee, and activist who is returning to university and has come out as a lesbian.  
* Zach Eisler ([[Joe Dinicol]]) is a junior graphic designer on an entertainment newspaper. 
* Shannon Lamarche (Ingrid Hart) has worked her way up from hair salon student to expert aesthetician and co-owner of a "man spa", a chic salon in Yorkville. After Darnell in New York, Gavin, her mother's nurse, a brief dalliance with Lucas West, and, a brief affair with Anwar the weatherman, she has found true love. Dies late in season 3 from [[necrotizing fasciitis]] due to an infection after going in for a nose job.  
* Nicole Svendsen ([[Amy Price-Francis]]) (season 1)
* Seymour Shackleton (Jack Mosshammer) (season 2–3) is a used car salesman, and later a tour guide, who has an extensive network of friends, which gets him in trouble when a friend whom he connects with Pete gets angry when he loses money due to Pete's business advice and puts Pete in the hospital, prompting Pete to seek revenge against Seymour. 
* Dr. David Garneau ([[Jason Cadieux]]) (season 2–3) is a doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children and in a same-sex relationship with Andy. Charged with murder in season 3 after being accused of medically assisted suicide.

===Regular guests===
*Julia (Victoria Adilman)
*Naomi Reisman (Lindsay Ames)
*Mel ([[Kathryn Zenna]])
*Ana  (Monica Correa)
*Jesse ([[Kristin Fairlie]])
*Allision ([[Holly Lewis]])
*Bridget (Liz's mom) ([[Jayne Eastwood]])
*Granny McLaughlin ([[Anne Anglin]])
*Mag (Allana Harkin) has an affair with Pete in season 3 while he's engaged to Ritu.

Other guest stars on ''Train 48'' included [[Rae Dawn Chong]], politician [[Sheila Copps]], [[Sean Cullen]], [[Robin Duke]], comedian [[Rick Green (comedian)|Rick Green]], [[Sue Johanson]], Global weatherman [[Anwar Knight]], [[Carolyn Parrish]], [[Carole Pope]], actor [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]], Emmy Award-winning actress [[Joanne Vannicola]], and former [[MuchMusic]] personality [[Amanda Walsh]]. [[Joe Dinicol]]'s grandfather [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]] played Zach's grandfather.

==Production and broadcast==
The show was broadcast daily, and recorded the same day. It took place in a railway car of a [[GO Train]] on [[Lakeshore West line]] returning from [[Toronto]] to the suburb of [[Burlington, Ontario]], and followed the lives of 12 daily [[commuters]] through their interactions. Although major plot lines were written in advance, much of the [[dialogue]] was improvised by the actors. The entire series was shot on a 64-foot replica of a GO Train [[Bombardier BiLevel Coach]], which kept production costs to a minimum.

The train setting allowed a basic construct where characters would share and act upon their opinions and views. The same-day recording allowed for comments on topical news stories to be introduced. The filming production was completed by 1:30&nbsp;p.m. and edited by 5:00&nbsp;p.m., later broadcast into regular time slots in different regions of Canada throughout the day (7:00&nbsp;p.m. weeknights on [[CIII-TV|Global in Toronto]]). It is estimated that each 30 minute episode cost $40,000 (Canadian) and had a typical audience of 200,000 to 300,000 viewers a night.<ref name=tr/>

The method of improvisation, developed by show runners [[Duncan McKenzie (writer)|Duncan McKenzie]] and [[Eric Lunsky]] was a hybrid of techniques used by [[Mike Leigh]] and [[Keith Johnstone]]. Actors worked from outline scripts of just a few lines per scene, and an extensive character bio which provided each actor with a background of events and attitudes which might affect the scene.<ref name=tr>((Cite web|url=http://www.blogto.com/film/2014/11/that_time_when_train_48_left_union_station/|title=That time when Train 48 left Union Station))</ref>

The improvised format and quick turnaround enabled the inclusion of references to extremely current events, giving a heightened sense of realism and currency. For example, the [[2003 North America blackout]] was mentioned the next day. The show typically dealt with fictional relationships, humour and the non-fictional topics mentioned were the cases of [[murder of Laci Peterson|Scott Peterson]], [[Karla Homolka]], the [[SARS]] outbreak and different views about US President [[George W. Bush]].

[[CanWest Global]] in partnership with Global had promoted the series with stories and columns in the ''[[National Post]]'' and other [[Postmedia News|CanWest News]] newspapers.

===Theme song===
The series theme song was titled "''Train goes''" by Adam Crossley and 9 Point Landing.

===Cancellation===
The cancellation of the show was announced publicly on June 2, 2005 by series producer Cindy Wrong. She stated that the final episode would be shown on July 1. After the finale, re-runs of the last few episodes aired until the finale was shown again on September 2. The show was cancelled in order to make way for the launch of ''[[Entertainment Tonight Canada]]''.

==Home media==
The producers of ''Train 48'' have uploaded the entire series to [[YouTube]] for Canadian viewers. In the United States and Canada, episodes can be viewed on [[Amazon Prime Video]]'s on demand platform.

==Dilemmas and criticism==
When ''Train 48'' debuted, [[product placement]] was an important aspect of the show for the Global Television Network. Characters were seen using [[Fido Solutions|Fido]] cell phones, and if someone was seen reading the newspaper, it was the ''[[National Post]]'', a newspaper owned by CanWest, the parent company of Global Television. The show's producers argued that product placement was there to make the show seem more real.<ref name="friends">((cite news
 |title       = Product placement is on the fast track
 |last        = Whyte
 |first       = Murray
 |newspaper   = Toronto Star
 |date        = 1 September 2003
 |url         = http://www.friends.ca/News/Friends_News/archives/articles09010303.asp
 |quote       = The goal, Tomic says, is simply to represent the world we live in – and make a few bucks while doing it. "If you don't have branded items there, it comes off as not being real", he says.
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927181922/http://www.friends.ca/News/Friends_News/archives/articles09010303.asp
 |archivedate = 27 September 2007
))</ref> Later in the series, the use of product placement diminished, and the range of reading materials and products on the show became more diverse.

During the production of the series between 2003 and 2004, four episodes were aired on Global Television Network during the week. However, in 2005, this was reduced to three. The series dealt with such controversial issues as the adoption of babies by gay couples, in vitro fertilization, single parent families, and euthanasia. A number of events occurred which would be unusual on a real commuter train, including the death of a passenger, a beating, a shooting, an escaped snake, a party, and sex in the train washroom.

The producers received word of the show's cancellation ahead of time, allowing them to bring the stories to a conclusion. Throughout the series, viewers had frequently commented that the train seemed to be on a journey to nowhere. In response to this criticism, the final episode showed the train stopped, and showed, through the windows, the characters emerging from the train onto the platform at Burlington. This was the only time in the series that characters were ever seen outside the train.

==References==
((Reflist))
* http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/magazine/articles/train.html (Canadian Screenwriter magazine "making of" profile)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070317220700/http://www.canada.com/entertainment/features/train48/story.html?id=c886b9fb-51aa-4a6e-a8eb-9cd444b14c4d

==External links==
((Portal|Television|Canada))
* ((IMDb title|id=0362379|title=Train 48))
* [http://vimeo.com/88485319 ''Train 48'' – Episode 40 – A Modest Proposal]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgpuc35v4uhlS2Gz8KJfS2g/featured ''Train 48'' YouTube channel]

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[[Category:2000s Canadian drama television series]]
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