Classic route
VIA Rail Corridor Sarnia–Toronto
Sarnia → Toronto · Canada
VIA’s corridor train to the St. Clair River: from Sarnia by Strathroy, London and Stratford, then through Kitchener and Guelph to Toronto.
- Distance
- 289 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 9 min
- Average speed
- 56 km/h
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Stations
- 0 kmSarnia
- 22 kmWyoming
- 62 kmStrathroy
- 95 kmLondon +1
- 129 kmSt. Marys
- 147 kmStratford
- 189 kmKitchener
- 211 kmGuelph Central Station
- 242 kmGeorgetown
- 255 kmBrampton Innovation District
- 289 kmToronto Union Station +5
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (VIA Rail Canada, the train 87 on 8 November 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. 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 12733051: 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 Toronto–Sarnia train
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the VIA Rail Corridor?
The VIA Rail Corridor runs 289 km from Sarnia to Toronto.
How long does the VIA Rail Corridor take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h 9 min for the 289 km. That is an average of 56 km/h end to end.
Who runs the VIA Rail Corridor?
VIA Rail Canada, with VIA corridor train.
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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