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Getting There By Rail VIA Rail (tel: (514) 989 2626 or (888) 842 7245; website: www.viarail.ca) is Canada’s national rail service provider. Services from the USA are operated by Amtrak (tel: (800) 835 8725 or (215) 856 7954 for international sales; website: www.amtrak.com). Montreal’s Gare Centrale (Central Station) is located at 895 rue de la Gauchetière West. It is well served by restaurants and is directly linked to the Underground City’s network of shops and hotels. Trains arriving from the west also stop at Dorval Station, near the airport. Rail services: Montreal is located along the Quebec City–Windsor corridor, which accounts for 85% of Canada’s passenger rail traffic. Both economy and first class (VIA 1) cars are available on corridor trains, which link Montreal with Quebec City (journey time – 3 hours) to the east, and Ottawa (journey time – 2 hours) and Toronto (journey time – 4-5 hours; night train – 8 hours) to the west. Eastern transcontinental services are the daily Ocean from Halifax (journey time – 19 hours 15 minutes) and the thrice-weekly Chaleur from Gaspé (journey time – 17 hours 20 minutes), both with economy and sleeper classes. Amtrak runs daily trains from New York and Washington, DC (journey times – 9 hours 20 minutes and 15 hours 15 minutes, respectively). Transport to the city: The Central Station is linked by the Underground City to Bonaventure and McGill métro stations. Commuter trains and bus 211 to Lionel-Groulx métro station run from Dorval Station. |
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