VIA Jonquière

A flag-stop wilderness train: nine hours through Laurentides lake country few roads reach, to the Saguenay fjord railhead of Jonquière.

Stations

1. 0 kmMontreal Central Station
2. 34 kmAnjou
3. 87 kmJoliette
4. 125 kmSaint-Justin
5. 141 kmSaint-Paulin
6. 150 kmCharette
7. Show 32 more stations

   1. 171 kmShawinigan
   2. 179 kmGrand-Mère
   3. 185 kmGarneau
   4. 197 kmSaint-Tite
   5. 215 kmHervey
   6. 236 kmRousseau
   7. 249 kmRivière-à-Pierre
   8. 279 kmMiquick
   9. 292 kmJacques Cartier Club
   10. 294 kmFalrie
   11. 296 kmPont Beaudet
   12. 297 kmSaint-Hilaire de Portneuf
   13. 299 kmBima
   14. 301 kmLac Malouin
   15. 304 kmIroquois Club
   16. 306 kmStadacona
   17. 313 kmSanford
   18. 319 kmPearl Lake
   19. 320 kmHirondelle
   20. 325 kmClub Nicol
   21. 329 kmTriton Club
   22. 336 kmLac-Édouard
   23. 345 kmCherokee
   24. 346 kmCaribou
   25. 351 kmClub Grégoire
   26. 353 kmSummit Club
   27. 354 kmSummit
   28. 362 kmBrooks
   29. 371 kmKiskisink
   30. 372 kmVan Bruyssels
   31. 379 kmLac des Roches
   32. 381 kmKondiaronk
8. 391 kmLizotte Club
9. 412 kmLac Bouchette
10. 438 kmChambord
11. 473 kmHébertville
12. 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.

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 Montréal–Jonquière
• 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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