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This is a list of stations with services provided by Via Rail. [1] Stations Province Service(s) Connections Abbotsford: BC ... Moncton: NB Ocean. Monet: QC ...
(2022) Starting June 3, 2022, Via Rail resumed the three times weekly schedule each way, with departures from both Montreal and Halifax on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. (2022) Due to the December 23, 2022 ice storms throughout much of Eastern Canada, both Ocean trains departing from Montreal and Halifax were stuck in Campbellton and Rivière ...
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.
The Moncton station is a railway and bus station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It serves Via Rail 's Ocean passenger train and Maritime Bus intercity buses. [ 1 ] It is located at 1240 Main Street ( New Brunswick Route 106 ) beside Avenir Centre .
The Ocean service was actually downgraded to just a Montreal-Moncton train with a platform connection to them through Atlantic. This lasted until the 1989 budget cuts to Via which saw service on both routes reduced to 3 days/week in each direction (alternating days) beginning on January 15, 1990.
A map of Via Rail routes, showing the frequency of Via trains on it. Via operates in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. The only province or territory connected to the continental railway network and not served by Via is the Northwest Territories.
The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC) is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit railcar. These were used extensively by both the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways for outlying routes. Via currently rosters seven RDCs and contracted with Industrial Rail Services for C$12.6 million to refurbish and upgrade all six.
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. [8]