Classic route
VIA Rail Corridor Montreal–Quebec City
Montreal → Quebec City · Canada
The quickest run reaches Québec City’s château-style Gare du Palais in about 2 h 43 min, tracing the south shore of the St. Lawrence.
- Distance
- 270 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 43 min
- Average speed
- 99 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmMontreal Central Station +6
- 6 kmSaint-Lambert +2
- 53 kmSaint-Hyacinthe +1
- 100 kmDrummondville +1
- 245 kmCharny
- 250 kmSainte-Foy
- 270 kmQuébec
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
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8222333: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via VIA Rail Canada: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Québec–Montréal 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 Rail Corridor?
The VIA Rail Corridor runs 270 km from Montreal to Quebec City.
How long does the VIA Rail Corridor take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 43 min for the 270 km. That is an average of 99 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the VIA Rail Corridor?
VIA Rail Canada, with Siemens Venture.
How old is the VIA Rail Corridor?
The line has been in service since 1978. 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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