Classic route
VIA Jonquière
Montréal → Jonquière · Canada
A flag-stop wilderness train: nine hours through Laurentides lake country few roads reach, to the Saguenay fjord railhead of Jonquière.
- Distance
- 510 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 9 h
- Average speed
- 57 km/h
- Top speed
- 105 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmMontreal Central Station +6
- 25 kmSauvé +1
- 34 kmAnjou +1
- 87 kmJoliette +1
- 125 kmSaint-Justin +1
- 141 kmSaint-Paulin +1
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- 150 kmCharette +1
- 171 kmShawinigan +1
- 179 kmGrand-Mère +1
- 185 kmGarneau +1
- 197 kmSaint-Tite +1
- 215 kmHervey +1
- 236 kmRousseau
- 249 kmRivière-à-Pierre
- 279 kmMiquick
- 292 kmJacques Cartier Club
- 294 kmFalrie
- 296 kmPont Beaudet
- 297 kmSaint-Hilaire de Portneuf
- 299 kmBima
- 301 kmLac Malouin
- 304 kmIroquois Club
- 306 kmStadacona
- 313 kmSanford
- 319 kmPearl Lake
- 320 kmHirondelle
- 325 kmClub Nicol
- 329 kmTriton Club
- 336 kmLac-Édouard
- 345 kmCherokee
- 346 kmCaribou
- 351 kmClub Grégoire
- 353 kmSummit Club
- 354 kmSummit
- 362 kmBrooks
- 371 kmKiskisink
- 372 kmVan Bruyssels
- 379 kmLac des Roches
- 381 kmKondiaronk
- 391 kmLizotte Club
- 412 kmLac Bouchette
- 438 kmChambord
- 473 kmHébertville
- 504 kmJonquière
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- The 504 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 7493290 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 51 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 13 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via VIA Rail Canada: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of the Montréal–Jonquière train
- 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 VIA Jonquière?
The VIA Jonquière runs 510 km from Montréal to Jonquière.
How long does the VIA Jonquière take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 9 h for the 510 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 105 km/h.
Who runs the VIA Jonquière?
VIA Rail, with VIA corridor coaches.
How old is the VIA Jonquière?
The line has been in service since 1893. 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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