The Scotian (train) - Misplaced Pages

The Scotian was a named Canadian passenger train service that ran between Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was operated by Canadian National Railways and later Via Rail Canada. The Scotian's inaugural run was March 16, 1941.

Whereas the Ocean Limited, which ran the same route, was an express train with few stops (as the "limited" name suggested) the Scotian serviced many more communities between the two cities.

History

Discontinuance

In 1978, Via Rail took control of CN passenger service and began negotiations with Canadian Pacific Railway to obtain their passenger service. The takeover was complete by the summer of 1979. The decision was made to discontinue the Scotian and replace it with the Atlantic which Canadian Pacific routed through the United States. The Atlantic used the original train numbers (11 and 12) of the Scotian.

Via Rail also added two new trains to supplement the Ocean with local service on parts of the Scotian's former route. Le Saint-Laurent (trains 18 and 19) ran between Montreal and Mont-Joli, Quebec, while Rail Diesel Car service (trains 617 and 618) ran between Campbellton and Moncton, New Brunswick.

References

Canadian National Railways System Timetable October 31, 1971
"Canadian National Railway (CN): "The People's Railway"". American-Rails.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
"CN Annual Report 1963" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
"Changes in schedule announced by C.N.R." Montreal Gazette. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
"New Passenger Train Put Into Operation Halifax to/from Montreal". Intercolonial Railway History. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
Underwood, Jay. "History Follows the Ocean to the Ocean" (PDF). www.exporail.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
"The Scotian". www.streamlinerschedules.com. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
"National Timetable". Via Rail. October 28, 1979. p. 7. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

External links

1954 schedule and consist at Streamliner Schedules

v t e Named trains of the Canadian National Railway
Ambassador Continental Limited Green Mountain Flyer Gull Inter-City Limited International Limited La Salle Maple Leaf (GTW) Maple Leaf (LV) Maritime Express Montrealer Mount Royal New Englander Northland Ocean Limited Owl Rapido Scotian Super Continental

v t e Via Rail
Current routes	Quebec City–Windsor Corridor Canadian Ocean Montreal–Senneterre Montreal–Jonquière Sudbury–White River Winnipeg–Churchill Jasper–Prince Rupert
Former routes	Atlantic Atlantic Limited Bras d'Or Calgary–South Edmonton Campbellton–Moncton Cavalier Edmonton–Drumheller Enterprise Erie Evangeline Exec Forest City Frontenac Gatineau General Brock Halifax–Sydney Huron International International Limited La Salle Lake Shore Laurier Meridian Metropolis Mohawk Moncton–Edmundston Montreal–Gaspé Saint-Laurent Super Continental Scotian Victoria–Courtenay Taken over by GO Transit: Barrie line, Stouffville line
Infrastructure	ViaFast Via Rail Police Service List of Via Rail rolling stock List of Via Rail routes List of Via Rail stations

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