Via Rail Canada Inc., operating as Via Rail and using the reporting mark VIA, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada. As of December 2023 it operated 406 trains per week across eight Canadian provinces on 12,500 kilometres of track, 97 percent of which is owned and maintained by other railway companies, mostly Canadian National Railway. Its head office is at Place Ville Marie in Montreal, Quebec. It was established in 1977 when Canadian National spun off its passenger services as a separate Crown corporation.
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On January 12, 1977, CN spun off its passenger services as a separate Crown corporation, Via Rail Canada.
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operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada
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is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada
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The Canadian (French: Le Canadien) is a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail on its Western Canada service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario, and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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