VIA Rail Corridor Ottawa–Montreal

Its own railway rather than any part of the Toronto line: east through Casselman and Alexandria, joining the Montreal main line at Coteau. Five trains a day.

Ottawa and Montreal are joined by their own railway rather than by any part of the Toronto line: trains run east out of Ottawa through Casselman and Alexandria, meet the Montreal main line at Coteau, and come in along the Lac Saint-Louis shore through Dorval. Five trains a day each way, the quickest booked at 2 h 5 min for 186 km.

Stations

1. 0 kmOttawa +1
2. 47 kmCasselman
3. 86 kmAlexandria
4. 123 kmCoteau
5. 167 kmDorval +1
6. 185 kmMontreal Central Station +6

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.

Along the way

• Casselman
• Alexandria’s brick station
• Coteau junction
• Lac Saint-Louis shore at Dorval

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 Ottawa–Montréal
• 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 186 km from Ottawa to Montreal.

How long does the VIA Rail Corridor take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 5 min for the 186 km. That is an average of 89 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.

How often does the VIA Rail Corridor run?

5× daily.

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