Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In Matapédia, the trains were separated with Train 16 continuing to the Gaspé peninsula and Train 14 (the Ocean) continuing to Halifax (and vice versa with Trains 15/17). Train 16/17 had its own locomotive which ran from Montreal, resulting in the combined trains (14 + 16 and 15 + 17) running with three locomotives between Montreal and ...
The trains took almost a day and a half to reach their destinations. The westbound train, called the Quebec Express, was scheduled to leave Halifax at 7:10 p.m., arriving in Montreal two days later at 6:30 a.m.; the eastbound Saint John & Halifax Express left Montreal at 10:00 p.m., arriving in Halifax at 8:25 a.m. The trains carried Pullman ...
A 1994 change to Via Rail routes in the Maritimes saw the Atlantic discontinued and the Ocean upgraded to 6 days/week, however the train frequency at Halifax was not affected. In 2000, the Acadian Lines intercity bus company shifted its service from its Bus Station on Almon Street to the Halifax Railway Station, taking over the stub of the ...
Ocean Limited at Halifax VIA rail station interior, 2012. The Ocean is the sole inter-city rail service available. The Ocean connects Halifax with Montreal. The train runs three days per week, and takes approximately 22 hours to travel 1,346 km (836 mi).
Montreal Central Station (French: Gare centrale de Montréal, IATA: YMY) is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nearly 11 million rail passengers use the station every year, [ 7 ] making it the second-busiest train station in Canada, after Toronto Union Station .
Via Rail also added two new trains to supplement the Ocean with local service on parts of the Scotian's former route. Le Saint-Laurent (trains 18 and 19) ran between Montreal and Mont-Joli , Quebec, while Rail Diesel Car service (trains 617 and 618) ran between Campbellton and Moncton , New Brunswick .
Via Rail: Halifax, HS – Kentville, NS [1987] 1987 Atlantic: Via Rail: Halifax, NS – Montreal, QC [1993] 1979–1981; 1985-1994 Atlantic Express: Canadian Pacific: Vancouver, BC – Montreal, QC (eastbound) [1910] 1886-1911 Atlantic Express: Canadian National Railway: Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON [1928] 1926-1930 Atlantic Express: Grand Trunk ...
Mont-Saint-Hilaire (also designated line 13) is a commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by Exo , the operator of public transport services across this region. The Mont-Saint-Hilaire line was operated by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) from 1859 to 1923, and by Canadian National Railway (CN) from 1923 to 1988, following ...