Night train route
Ocean
Montréal → Halifax · Canada
- Distance
- 1,346 km
- Fastest time
- 24 h
- Average speed
- 56 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Train
- Renaissance
- Countries
- Canada
- In service since
- 1904
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
North America’s oldest continuously named train, since 1904: overnight past the Matapédia salmon rivers and Chaleur Bay to the Atlantic.
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
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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