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Rail VIA Rail is Canada's national rail service provider (tel: (514) 989 2626 or (888) 842 7245; web site: www.viarail.ca). Services to the USA are operated by Amtrak (tel: (800) 835 8725; web site: 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 in 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 - three hours) to the east, and Ottawa (journey time - two hours) and Toronto (journey time - four to five 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: Central Station is linked to Bonaventure and McGill metro stations by the Underground City. |
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