VIA Rail
VIA Rail (reporting mark: VIA) is a Crown corporation that operates the national railway network of intercity train services across Canada since 1978. As of 2024, VIA Rail has 19 routes serving over 378 destinations across Canada. While it owns its own rolling stock and many of its stations, it does not own trackage, with most of VIA Rail's trains using tracks owned by Canadian National Railway (CN) and other operators such as Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Hudson Bay Railway and Metrolinx.
Tagging
Routes
Windsor-Quebec City Corridor
Service description (and route master relation) | Train numbers (ref=*) | passenger=* | Relations | Status and notes |
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Intercity services
Service name (and route master relation) | Train numbers (ref=*) | passenger=* | Relations | Status and notes |
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Canadian
10411281 |
1, 2 | national |
Vancouver → Toronto:
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Ocean
10411280 |
14, 15 | national |
Montreal → Halifax:
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Adventure routes
This routes provide essential transportation service to northern and rural communities with limited to no road connections. Routes are simply referred to by destination and train number, and these used to have names.
Service description and former name (and route master relation) | Train numbers (ref=*) | passenger=* | Relations | Status and notes |
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Winnipeg-Churchill (ex-Hudson Bay)
10411274 |
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national |
Winnipeg → Churchill:
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