Corridor (VIA)

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The Corridor is a VIA Rail passenger train service area in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario.

Corridor is used by VIA to refer to all VIA inter-city passenger trains which start and end within the geographic region known as the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Other inter-city trains from outside the Corridor may have their terminus at stations in the Corridor, such as the Canadian and the Ocean, but are marketed by their respective train names and are not considered to be Corridor service.

The Corridor service area has the heaviest passenger train frequency in Canada.

VIA runs a mix of local-service and express trains in the Corridor. Prior to VIA's formation in 1978, CN Rail operated its Rapido trains on the same tracks and CP Rail also offered limited service.

All trains are identified by number, however in previous schedules these trains were named as well.

[edit] High speed proposal

During the 1970s and early 1980s, CN and later VIA Rail operated the Turbo Train on existing freight rail trackage. This equipment was later replaced by the Bombardier LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) train sets. Beginning in the 1980s and through the 1990s, VIA Rail, Bombardier and the provincial and federal governments studied the feasibility of establishing a dedicated high speed passenger rail network linking Quebec City-Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto-Windsor similar to the French TGV as a means of reducing domestic air and highway travel between these destinations.

After a hiatus of ten years, a feasibility study on launching a high-speed rail service in the Corridor will be updated at the joint cost of the federal government, Ontario and Quebec.^[1]

VIA Rail Route Map

Legend 0km Windsor 69 km Chatham 0km Sarnia 22km Wyoming 124km Glencoe 63km Strathroy 174km 95km London 185km 195km to 205km Ingersoll 130km St. Marys 147km Stratford 219km Woodstock 189km Kitchener 262km Brantford 211km Guelph 74km end 303km Aldershot GO 240km Georgetown GO 256km Brampton GO Highway 401 325km Oakville GO 44km Grimsby Queen Elizabeth Way 19km St. Catharines Highway 406 1km Niagara Falls 0 km Niagara River 290km end 359km 0km Toronto TTC 254km to 21km Guildwood GO 51km Oshawa GO 101km Port Hope 113km Cobourg 163km Trenton Junction 182km Belleville 217km Napanee 254km Kingston 285km to 290km Gananoque 335km Brockville 380km Smiths Falls 430km Fallowfield OCT 446km Ottawa OCT 493km Casselman 428km Cornwall 533km Alexandria Ontario-Quebec border 476km Coteau St Lawrence River St Lawrence River 520km Dorval AMT 539km Montreal 272km to St Lawrence River 545km St Lambert AMT Richelieu River 592km St-Hyacinthe 639km Drummondville 785km Charny St Lawrence River 790km Ste-Foy 811km Quebec City

[edit] Primary inter-city Corridor routes

• Montreal—Alexandria—Ottawa—Fallowfield
• Montreal—St. Lambert-St. Hyacinthe-Drummondville-Charny—Quebec City
• Montreal—Kingston—Toronto—Oakville—Aldershot
• Toronto—Kingston—Ottawa
• Toronto—Kitchener—London—Sarnia
• Toronto—Oakville—Aldershot—Brantford—London—Windsor
• Toronto—Oakville—Aldershot—Niagara Falls

[edit] See also

• Northeast Corridor
• Quebec City-Windsor Corridor
• High-speed rail in Canada

[edit] Notes