Gare du Palais

Quebec City Railway Station
(Gare du Palais)
Via Rail (inter-city rail)
The Gare du Palais in Old Quebec
General information
Location450, rue de la Gare du Palais
Quebec City, Quebec
G1K 3X2
Coordinates46°49′03″N 71°12′50″W / 46.8174°N 71.2139°W / 46.8174; -71.2139
Owned byVia Rail
Platforms2 Island
Tracks4
Bus operatorsBus interchange Intercar
Bus interchange La Québécoise
Bus interchange Orléans Express
ConnectionsBus interchange RTC
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusStaffed station
Station codeVIA Rail: QBEC
IATA codeXLJ
History
Opened1915; 109 years ago (1915)
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Sainte-Foy
toward Ottawa
Ottawa–Québec City Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Cadorna MontrealQuebec Terminus
Map
Location
Gare du Palais is located in Quebec City
Gare du Palais
Gare du Palais
Location in Quebec City
Gare du Palais is located in Southern Quebec
Gare du Palais
Gare du Palais
Location in Southern Quebec
Gare du Palais is located in Quebec
Gare du Palais
Gare du Palais
Location in Quebec
Gare du Palais is located in Canada
Gare du Palais
Gare du Palais
Location in Canada

Gare du Palais ("Palace Station") is a train and bus station in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Its name comes from its proximity to the former location of the Palace of the Intendant of New France.[1] It is served by Via Rail, Canada's national passenger railway, and by the private coach company Orléans Express.

Built in 1915 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the two-storey châteauesque station is similar in design to the Château Frontenac hotel. The station had no passenger rail service from 1976 to 1985. It reopened in 1985, and is the eastern terminus of Via Rail's Corridor services in Ontario and Quebec, serving regular daily services west to Montreal's Central Station and Ottawa via Drummondville,[2] for at most 10 trains per day.[3][4] It was designated a Heritage Railway Station in 1992.[5]

  1. ^ "Rue du Palais, fiche no 1064, toponymes, ville de Québec". Ville de Québec (in French).
  2. ^ "Québec (mai 2001)". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
  3. ^ "Westbound schedule" (PDF). VIA Rail.
  4. ^ "Eastbound schedule" (PDF). VIA Rail.
  5. ^ "Heritage Railway Stations - List of designated stations in Quebec". Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. March 17, 2006. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2010.