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It is a Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada. As of December 2023, Via Rail operates 406 trains per week across eight Canadian provinces and 12,500 kilometres (7,800 mi) of track, 97 percent of which is owned and maintained by other railway companies, mostly by Canadian National Railway (CN).
A route map of Via Rail frequencies from 2013. Via Rail operates 497 trains per week over nineteen routes. Via groups these routes into three broad categories: [1] "Rapid Intercity Travel": daytime services over the Corridor between Ontario and Quebec. The vast majority of Via's trains–429 per week–operate here.
This is a list of stations with services provided by Via Rail. [1] Stations Province Service(s) Connections Abbotsford: BC ... O-Train: Ottermere: ON
The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the Hudson Bay and, before that, Northern Spirits) [2] is a twice weekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry-land connection between Churchill and the rest of Canada.
Via Rail replaced the Scotian with a former CP train, the Atlantic which was extended from its eastern terminus at Saint John to Halifax. Budget cuts in 1981 saw the Atlantic service cancelled, however it was restored in 1985 and the Ocean was dropped from Halifax when its eastern terminus was moved west to Moncton. During the 1980s, Via Rail ...
Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (French: Ligne de Québec à Windsor), also known as simply the Corridor, is a Via Rail passenger train service in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The Corridor service area has the heaviest passenger train frequency in Canada and contributes 67% of Via's revenue.
Before 1955, the Canadian was a Canadian Pacific (CP) train connecting the cities of Toronto and Chicago. Transcontinental service was provided on The Dominion. On April 24, 1955, CP introduced its new transcontinental train between Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, the Canadian. In 1978, Via Rail Canada acquired the service, and, on January 15 ...
Ocean. (train) A Park car brings up the rear of No. 14 at Belmont, Nova Scotia, on August 13, 2005. Three trips in each direction per week. The Ocean (French: L'Océan), previously known as the Ocean Limited, is a passenger train operated by Via Rail in Canada between Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.