Rapido (passenger train)

Rapido (passenger train)

Rapido was the name of the Canadian National Railway's express passenger train service on the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. The service was introduced on October 31 1965 on the Montreal-Toronto route. In 1966, service was extended to the Montreal-Quebec City route and later, to other city pairs, including Toronto-Windsor/Sarnia and Toronto-Ottawa.

In the 1980s, in addition to being branded as "Rapido", each express train was also given a name related to the route's particular geographical or historical context. Some names included "Frontenac" (after the Château Frontenac in Quebec City), "Rideau" (after the Rideau Canal in Ottawa) and "Ville-Marie" (the original name of Montreal).

The brand was used on advertising material and timetables until the 1990s, surviving for many years the reorganization of the train schedules under the new VIA Rail brand. Today, VIA Rail no longer uses the "Rapido" brand and route maps simply refer to this section as "the Corridor". Additionally, the dedicated train names were dropped and trains are currently identified by number only, contrary to the rest of the route system.

References

* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved October 31 2005.
* VIA Rail Canada, Corridor Timetable (Quebec-Ontario), October 30 1983.


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