Ocean

North America’s oldest continuously named train, since 1904: overnight past the Matapédia salmon rivers and Chaleur Bay to the Atlantic.

Stations

1. 0 kmMontreal Central Station
2. 6 kmSaint-Lambert
3. 53 kmSaint-Hyacinthe
4. 100 kmDrummondville
5. 308 kmMontmagny
6. 367 kmLa Pocatière
7. Show 16 more stations

   1. 433 kmRivière-du-Loup
   2. 477 kmTrois-Pistoles
   3. 538 kmRimouski
   4. 567 kmMont-Joli
   5. 614 kmSayabec
   6. 638 kmAmqui
   7. 660 kmCausapscal
   8. 715 kmMatapédia
   9. 735 kmCampbellton
   10. 766 kmCharlo
   11. 791 kmJacquet River
   12. 818 kmPetit Rocher
   13. 836 kmBathurst
   14. 907 kmMiramichi
   15. 942 kmRogersville
   16. 1,035 kmMoncton
8. 1,096 kmSackville
9. 1,112 kmAmherst
10. 1,140 kmSpringhill Junction
11. 1,235 kmTruro
12. 1,337 kmHalifax

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1483012 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 38 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: VIA Rail schedules — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Ocean?

The Ocean runs 1,346 km from Montréal to Halifax.

How long does the Ocean take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 24 h for the 1,346 km. That is an average of 56 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.

Who runs the Ocean?

VIA Rail, with Renaissance.

How old is the Ocean?

The line has been in service since 1904. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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