Classic route
VIA Rail Corridor Toronto–Montreal
Toronto → Montreal · Canada
Rides the Grand Trunk main line of 1856, which once cut the Toronto–Montreal journey from five days to fourteen hours.
- Distance
- 541 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 56 min
- Average speed
- 110 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmToronto Union Station +5
- 20 kmGuildwood +1
- 51 kmOshawa +1
- 112 kmCobourg +1
- 182 kmBelleville +1
- 253 kmKingston +1
- 334 kmBrockville +1
- 427 kmCornwall
- 520 kmDorval +1
- 538 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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8241037: 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 Montréal–Toronto 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 541 km from Toronto to Montreal.
How long does the VIA Rail Corridor take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 56 min for the 541 km. That is an average of 110 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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