Ocean (train)

Ocean

A Park car brings up the rear of No. 14 at Belmont, Nova Scotia, on August 13, 2005.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada
Current operator(s)	Via Rail (1978–)
Former operator(s)	IRC (1904–1918), CN (1918–1978)
Ridership	1,487 weekly (FY 2019)[1]
Annual ridership	78,353 (FY 2019)[2]
Website	Via Rail - The Ocean
Route
Termini	Montreal, Quebec Halifax, Nova Scotia
Distance travelled	1,346 km (836 mi)
Average journey time	22.6 hours (Train 14 (Eastbound)), 23 hours and 23 minutes (Train 15 (Westbound))
Service frequency	Three trips in each direction per week.
Train number(s)	14, 15
On-board services
Class(es)	Economy and Sleeper Plus class
Seating arrangements	No Reserved Economy seating[3]
Catering facilities	Dining car, service car (takeout counter)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Track owner(s)	CN (since 2008)
Route map Legend km 0 Montreal Central Station Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence River 7 Saint-Lambert Richelieu River 54 Saint-Hyacinthe Atlantic ended 1994 100 Drummondville 247 Charny bypassed 2014 254 Sainte-Foy 311 Montmagny 371 La Pocatière 439 Rivière-du-Loup 482 Trois-Pistoles 543 Rimouski 572 Mont-Joli 619 Sayabec 643 Amqui 665 Causapscal 722 Matapédia Restigouche River QC NB 741 Campbellton 772 Charlo 797 Jacquet River 825 Petit Rocher 842 Bathurst 913 Miramichi Northwest Miramichi River Southwest Miramichi River 949 Rogersville Atlantic ended 1994 1042 Moncton 1103 Sackville Missaguash River NB NS 1119 Amherst 1146 Springhill Junction 1243 Truro 1346 Halifax This diagram: view talk edit

The Ocean (French: L'Océan), previously known as the Ocean Limited, is a passenger train operated by Via Rail in Canada between Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the oldest continuously operated named passenger train in North America.^[4][5] The Ocean's schedule takes approximately 22 hours, running overnight in both directions. Together with The Canadian and Via's corridor trains, the Ocean provides a transcontinental service across Canada.