MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada will add a second weekly round trip of its Montreal-Halifax train, the Ocean, beginning Dec. 8.
“The return of this second frequency of the Ocean is good news for our passengers who now have more travel options in time for the holiday season,” Cynthia Garneau, VIA president and CEO, said in a press release. “We are excited to be welcoming our passengers and employees back on board, and we could not be happier to be able to finally proceed with this next phase of our gradual return to service in this region.”
VIA says it has confirmed all details of the service with infrastructure owner Canadian National. Eastbound trains will depart Montreal on Wednesdays and Sundays, with the westbound return trip departing Halifax on Sundays and Wednesdays. VIA’s website says a third weekly round trip will be added in June 2022.
Service on the route resumed Aug. 11, after having been suspended since March 2020 [see “VIA’s Ocean to resume once-weekly round trips,” Trains News Wire, July 12, 2020].
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