- List of named passenger trains of Canada
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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Canada.
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Abitibi Via Rail Montreal, QC – Senneterre, QC Still operates, name removed June 2009. Acadian Canadian National Montreal, QC – Halifax, NS 1927–? Adirondack Amtrak New York, NY – Montreal, QC August 6, 1974 – present Afternoon Puget Sounder Great Northern Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC Boston & Maine Boston, MA – Montreal, QC The Ambassador[1] Canadian National,
Central Vermont,
Boston & Maine, and
New HavenMontreal, QC – New York, NY / Boston, MA Amtrak and Via Rail Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON Cancelled Atlantic Via Rail Halifax, NS – Montreal, QC 1979–1981; 1985–1994 Atlantic Express Canadian Pacific Vancouver, BC – Montreal, QC one-way June 1886 – June 1911 Atlantic Limited Canadian Pacific
Via RailSaint John, NB – Montreal, QC CPR: 1955–1978,
Via: 1978–1979Canadian National Edmonton, AB – Halifax, NS 1956–? Boston Express Canadian Pacific Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Montreal, QC Via Rail Halifax, NS – Sydney, NS Canadian National Montreal, QC – Sydney, NS 1967–1978? Canadian New York Central
Canadian PacificChicago, IL – Montreal, QC The Canadian Canadian Pacific
Via RailMontreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Vancouver, BC CPR: 1955–1978,
Via: 1978–presentCanadian Niagara New York Central Detroit, MI – Buffalo, NY through Ontario Cariboo Dayliner Pacific Great Eastern Vancouver, BC – Prince George, BC The Caribou[2] Canadian National Port aux Basques, NL – St. John's, NL 1950–1968 Cascades Amtrak Eugene, OR – Vancouver, BC 1993– Canadian National
Via RailToronto, ON – Montreal, QC Canadian National
Via RailToronto, ON – Ottawa, ON Chaleur Via Rail Montreal, QC – Gaspé, QC Still operates, name removed June 2009. New York Central
Canadian PacificChicago, IL – Montreal, QC Continental Limited Canadian National Montreal, QC – Vancouver, BC –1955 Continental[3] Canadian National Montreal, QC – Vancouver, BC 1955– The Dominion Canadian Pacific Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Vancouver, BC 1933–1966 Down Easter New Haven,
Boston & Maine,
Maine Central,
Canadian Pacific, and
Canadian NationalNew York, NY – Halifax, NS 1929 Via Rail Toronto, ON – Montreal, QC Via Rail Toronto, ON – Windsor, ON Evangeline Dayliner Dominion Atlantic Railway Yarmouth, NS – Halifax, NS 1956–1978 Evangeline Via Rail Yarmouth, NS – Halifax, NS 1978–1990 Via Rail Ottawa, ON – Toronto, ON Flying Bluenose Dominion Atlantic Railway Halifax, NS – Yarmouth, NS 1891–1936 Foreign Express Newfoundland Railway Port aux Basques, NL – St. John's, NL 1898–1928 Canadian National, Via Rail Toronto, ON – London, ON Canadian Pacific
Via RailToronto, ON – Quebec City, QC Via Rail Montreal, QC – Ottawa, ON Green Mountain Flyer Central Vermont New York, NY – Montreal, QC The Gull[4] Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Maine Central
Boston & MaineHalifax, NS – Boston, MA 1930–1959 Via Rail Toronto, ON – Niagara Falls, ON Hudson Bay Via Rail Winnipeg, MB – Churchill, MB Still operates, name removed June 2009. Via Rail Sarnia, ON – Toronto, ON Imperial Limited Canadian Pacific Montreal, QC – Vancouver, BC June 1899 – April 1933 Inter-City Limited[5] Grand Trunk Western
Canadian NationalChicago, IL – Montreal, QC International Amtrak and Via Rail Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON 1982–2004 International Great Northern Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC 1950–1971 International Limited[5] Grand Trunk Western,
Canadian NationalChicago, IL – Toronto, ON International Limited Amtrak and Via Rail Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON 1982–2004 The La Salle[5] Canadian National Chicago, IL – Montreal, QC La Salle Via Rail Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON;Sarnia, ON – Montreal, QC Lake Shore Express[5] Canadian National Montreal, QC – Toronto, ON Via Rail Montreal, QC – Toronto, ON Lake Superior Via Rail Greater Sudbury, ON - White River, ON Still operates, name removed June 2009. Via Rail Montreal, QC – Ottawa, ON Le Saint-Laurent Via Rail Montreal, QC – Mont-Joli, QC Little Bear Ontario Northland Railway Cochrane, ON – Moosonee, ON –2007 Malahat Via Rail Victoria, BC – Courtenay, BC Still operates, name removed June 2009. Manitoba Express Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
and Canadian PacificMinneapolis-St. Paul – Winnipeg, MB 1904–1909 Grand Trunk Western and Canadian National Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON Maple Leaf Amtrak and Via Rail New York, NY – Toronto, ON Maritime Express[6] Intercolonial, Canadian National Montreal, QC – Halifax, NS ICR: 1898–1918,
CN: 1918–?Via Rail Sarnia, ON – Montreal, QC Via Rail Montreal, QC – Toronto, ON Via Rail Montreal, QC – Sarnia, ON Canadian National Railways,
Central Vermont,
Boston and Maine
New Haven,
Pennsylvania RailroadMontreal, QC – Washington, DC –1971 Montrealer
and WashingtonianAmtrak Montreal, QC – Washington, DC 1971–1987, 1989–1995 New Yorker Dominion Atlantic Railway Halifax, NS – Yarmouth, NS 1927–1942 Night Express Central Vermont New York, NY – Montreal, QC Northlander Ontario Northland Railway Toronto, ON – Cochrane, ON Ocean Canadian National
Via RailMontreal, QC – Halifax NS CN: April 1966–1978;
Via: 1978–presentOcean Limited[6] Intercolonial,
Canadian Government Railways,
Canadian NationalMontreal, QC – Halifax NS July 3, 1904–1966 Overland Limited Newfoundland Railway Port aux Basques, NL – St. John's, NL 1928–1949 Overseas New York Central
Canadian PacificChicago, IL – Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON – Toronto, ON Pacific Express Canadian Pacific Montreal, QC – Vancouver, BC one-way June 28, 1886 – June 1911 Pacific International Great Northern Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC Pacific Limited Grand Trunk Western Chicago, IL – Montreal, QC 1971 Pine Tree Acadian Boston & Maine,
Maine Central,
Canadian Pacific,
Canadian NationalBoston, MA – Halifax, NS 1929 Polar Bear Express Ontario Northland Railway Cochrane, ON – Moosonee, ON Rocky Mountaineer Rocky Mountaineer Four routes in the Rocky Mountains 1990–present Royal Canadian Pacific Canadian Pacific Calgary, AB – Rocky Mountains June 7, 2000–present St. Lawrence Special[6] Canadian National
Canada and Gulf Terminal RailwayMontreal, QC – Metis Beach, QC Running on summer weekends in 1957 Saguenay Via Rail Montreal, QC – Saguenay, QC Still operates, name removed June 2009. St. Paul Express Canadian Pacific Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Montreal, QC The Scotian[6] Canadian National Montreal, QC – Halifax, NS 1941 Skeena Via Rail Prince Rupert, BC – Jasper, AB Still operates, name removed June 2009. Super Continental[3] Canadian National
Via RailMontreal, QC – Vancouver, BC CN: 1955–1977,
Via: 1977–1981, 1985–1990Canadian Pacific Montreal, QC – Quebec City, QC Whistler Mountaineer Rocky Mountaineer North Vancouver, BC - Whistler, BC Winnipeg Express Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
and Canadian PacificMinneapolis-St. Paul – Winnipeg, MB 1909–1928 Winnipeg Limited Great Northern Minneapolis-St. Paul – Winnipeg, MB The Winnipeger Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (1928–1960),
Soo Line (1961–1967) and Canadian PacificMinneapolis-St. Paul – Winnipeg, MB 1928 to March 1967 References
- ^ a b Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 26
- ^ Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 5
- ^ a b Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 3
- ^ Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 7
- ^ a b c d e Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 31
- ^ a b c d Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 13
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