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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: "Rapid Intercity Travel": daytime services over the Corridor between Ontario and Quebec.
Symington Yard. / 49.865444°N 97.028278°W / 49.865444; -97.028278. Symington Yard is the largest rail classification yard of the Canadian National Railway, [1] [2] and one of the largest rail yards in the world. [2] [3] The intermodal facility is located next to the Windsor Park area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. [1]
The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the Hudson Bay and, before that, Northern Spirits) 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 .
22,600 (2022) Website. cn .ca. The Canadian National Railway Company [a] ( French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) ( reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. [3] [4]
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Canadian Northern Railway [1] ( CNoR) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its 1923 merger into the Canadian National Railway ( reporting mark CN ), the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton .
Designated. 1989. Union Station is the inter-city railway station for Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a grand beaux-arts structure situated near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976. [1] The station is also a Heritage Railway Station, so designated since 1989.
The first narrow-gauge railway in Canada was not a common carrier, but the 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm) Lingan Colliery Tramway built in 1861 on Cape Breton Island north of Sydney. Cars were pulled by horses until a 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive arrived in 1866 for the final year of operation. [1] The Glasgow and Cape Breton Coal and Railway Company ...
Via Rail Canada Inc. Company type Crown corporation Industry Rail transport Founded January 12, 1977 ; 47 years ago (1977-01-12) Headquarters Place Ville Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Area served Canada Key people Françoise Bertrand (Chairman), Mario Peloquin (CEO) Revenue CA$ 392.6 million (2018) Operating income CA$−272.6 million (2018) Total assets CA$1.467 billion (2018) Owner ...