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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.
Nationwide passenger services are provided by the federal crown corporation Via Rail, and three international services to the US by Amtrak. Three Canadian cities have commuter train services: in the Montreal area by Exo , in the Toronto area by GO Transit , and in the Vancouver area by West Coast Express .
On 12 January 1977, CN spun off its passenger services as a separate Crown corporation, Via Rail Canada. At its inception, Via acquired all CN passenger cars and locomotives. Following several months of negotiation, on 29 October 1978, Via assumed all CP passenger train operations and took possession of cars and locomotives.
Railway Atlas of Canada PDF route maps of operating railways, by provinces and cities. "Map of railways in Northern and Eastern Quebec" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. {}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (431 KB) "List of Quebec Railways" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-06
The Montreal Metro is Canada's second-busiest rail transit system. Drawing inspiration from the Paris Métro , it uses rubber-tired metro technology, the only such system in Canada. The 69.2-kilometre (43.0 mi) system has 68 stations on four lines, which serve the north, east, and central portions of the Island of Montreal , as well as the ...
Algoma Central Railway telephone car, Algoma District, Ontario, [ca. 1925] The Algoma Central Railway was first owned by Francis H. Clergue, who required a railway to haul resources from the interior of the Algoma District to Clergue's industries in Sault Ste. Marie; specifically, to transport logs to his pulp mill and iron ore from the Helen Mine, near Wawa, to a proposed steel mill (which ...
Rail passenger traffic in Canada declined significantly between World War II and 1960 due to automobiles and airplanes. In the 1960s CN's privately owned rival CPR reduced its passenger services significantly. However, the government-owned CN continued much of its passenger services and marketed new schemes.
Sat at the junction of seven rail lines near Sudbury, and once had the highest tonnage of freight pass through of any station in Canada. [59] Claremont: Canadian Pacific Defunct but the Havelock Subdivision is still active and restored passenger service has been proposed. Clarendon: Canadian Pacific Defunct. The station building is now a ...