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Sayabec Railway Station
Sayabec station is a Via Rail station in Sayabec, Quebec, Canada. Located on Rue Boulay (Quebec Route 132, Route 132), it is a request stop, flag stop with no ticket service. Sayabec is served by Via Rail's ''Ocean (passenger train), Ocean''; the Montreal – Gaspé train was suspended in 2013. Both trains share the same rail line between Montreal and Matapédia, Quebec, Matapédia. The old building of the Canadian National Railway station is a designated List of National Historic Sites of Canada, Heritage Railway Station. It has been renovated and relocated from its original location to a park in Sayabec. It now serves as a meeting hall and provides touristic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Rail
Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating services connecting remote communities. Via Rail operates over 500 trains per week across eight Canadian provinces and of track, 97 per cent of which is owned and maintained by other railway companies, mostly by Canadian National Railway (CN). Via Rail carried approximately 4.39 million passengers in 2017, the majority along the ''Corridor'' routes connecting the major cities of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, and had an on-time performance of 73 per cent. History Background Yearly passenger levels on Canada's passenger trains peaked at 60 million during World War II. Following the war the growth of air travel and the personal automobile caused significant loss of mode share for Canada's passenger train operators. By the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
