Railways in
Quebec
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VIA Rail train on the Beloeil bridge,
with Mont-St-Hilaire in the background
North Shore
For the railways in Quebec North Shore, see
Labrador.
Ontario
Three Ontario railway
companies operate short sections of line in Quebec:
- Ontario Northland Railway
- Ottawa Central Railway
- Ottawa Valley Railway
See Ontario.
National Operators
- VIA Rail
Canada passenger services:
- A good service of passenger trains operates between Montreal
and Quebec City, and between Montreal and destinations in Ontario,
including Ottawa and Toronto
- The Saguenay Montreal via Hervey to Jonquière
- The Abitibi Hervey to Senneterre
- The Chaleur Montreal to Gaspé
- The Ocean Montreal to Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Canadian Pacific
Railway freight services, mainly in the area around Montreal
- CN freight
services
International Services
- Amtrak
passenger service: the Adirondack from New York to Montreal
crosses the US border at Rouses Point, using CN tracks in Canada
- CSX crosses
the US border at Fort Covington, New York, and continues via
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (connection with CN) to Adirondack Junction
near Montreal (connection with Canadian Pacific)
- Both Canadian Pacific and CN cross the US border north of Rouses
Point, New York. The lines converge at Rouses Point, beyond which
Canadian Pacific continues into New York state
- CN crosses the US border near Rogers to meet the New England Central Railroad at East Alburgh,
Vermont
- Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway crosses the US border
several times between Abercorn and Newport, Vermont
- St-Laurent & Atlantique Railway reaches the US border between
Stanhope and Norton, Vermont, where it meets its US counterpart, the
St Lawrence & Atlantic Railway
- Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway crosses the US border
between Ditchfield and Lowellton, Maine
Regional Passenger Operator
- AMT commuter trains in the Montreal area
Local and Regional Freight Operators
- Charlevoix Railway Limoilou (Quebec City, interchange
with CN) to Clermont. A subsidiary of Le Massif de Charleroix
(Website contains no information relating to freight services)
- Lanaudière
Railway Joliette (interchange with CN and Quebec Gatineau Railway)
to St Félix de Valois
- Montreal,
Maine & Atlantic Railway a network of lines to the south
and east of Montreal, extending to the USA
- The Port of
Montreal has its own internal railway network, interchanging with
Canadian Pacific and CN (Website contains
little information relating to railway)
- Quebec Gatineau Railway Quebec City (interchange with
CN at Anse au Foulon and Allenby) via Lachvrotière (interchange with CN),
Trois Rivières (branch to Shawinigan, where there is interchange with CN)
and Lanoraie (branch to Joliette, where there is interchange with CN and
Lanaudière Railway) to St Martin Junction (near Montreal, interchange with
Canadian Pacific)
- Roberval & Saguenay Railway two distinct sections:
Saguenay (interchange with CN) to Alma; and Arvida (interchange
with CN) to Kenogami, Port Alfred, Laterrière and Grande Baie. A
subsidiary of Alcan, carries raw materials to,
and processed alumina from, the company's various plants in the area;
it also serves several major paper mills (Website contains
no information relating to railway)
- St-Laurent & Atlantique Railway Ste Rosalie
(interchange with CN), via Sherbrooke (interchange with Montreal, Maine
& Atlantic Railway and Quebec Central Railway) to the US border,
where it meets its US counterpart, the St Lawrence & Atlantic Railway
Tourist Services
Metro
