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The train operated between Chicago's Dearborn Station and Montreal's Bonaventure Station via Port Huron, with the overnight section between Chicago and Toronto. [3] The 844-mile (1,358 km) trip was originally scheduled for 22 hours and 52 minutes – an average speed of 36.9 miles per hour (59.4 km/h). [4]
Havelock–Toronto Havelock – Peterborough – Toronto October 29, 1978 January 14, 1990 Hearst–Nakina Hearst – Nakina April 1, 1978 May 31, 1986 Hornepayne–Manitouwadge Hornepayne – Manitouwadge: April 1, 1978 April 26, 1980 International Limited: Toronto – Chicago: October 31, 1982 June 12, 1983 Operated by Amtrak in the US.
Routes cut under the Martin government included the seasonal Bras d'Or tourist train, which ran for the last time in September 2004, and the Montreal-Toronto overnight Enterprise, which was discontinued in September 2005. The Sarnia-Chicago International was also discontinued in April 2004 by Amtrak. Via's portion of the route from Toronto ...
In 2023, the railway owned approximately 20,100 kilometres (12,500 mi) of track in seven provinces of Canada and into the United States, [2] stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network [3] also served Minneapolis–St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and Albany, New York, in the United States.
The Montreal-based North West Company was formed in 1779 largely because distances had become so great as to require a highly organized transport system (The Athabasca country was 3000 miles from Montreal and a canoe might go 1000 miles in a month).
The Toronto to Chicago itinerary coaches and sleeping cars were merged onto the New York to Chicago North Shore Limited, number 39. [10] [6] In 1946 the New York Central would change the name again, this time, for a longer period, to Canadian-Niagara; the train number would switch from 58 to 358. [11] [12] [13] [14]
The two busiest rail stations in Canada are Union Station in Toronto and Gare Centrale in Montreal. A suburban train in Bejucal, Cuba. Commuter rail networks outside of densely populated urban areas like the Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Montreal, and Toronto metropolitan areas have historically been ...
The Maple Leaf operated on a daytime schedule between Chicago and Toronto in the 1950s. It carried a Chicago–Montreal through sleeper, a Chicago–Detroit through coach, a Port Huron–Toronto cafe/parlor car, parlor cars, and coaches. A dining car operated between Chicago and Lansing, Michigan. [3] The Montreal sleeper ended in 1958. [1]: 191