VIA Rail train on the Beloeil bridge over the frozen
Richelieu River, with Mont-St-Hilaire in the background.
Locomotive 6416 is a GMD F40PH-2D 3200hp Bo-Bo diesel electric
North Shore
For the railways in Quebec North Shore, see
Labrador.
Ontario
Three Ontario railway
companies operate short sections of line in Quebec:
A good service of passenger trains operates between Montreal
and Quebec City, and between Montreal and destinations in Ontario,
including Ottawa and Toronto
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 CPKC)
Both CN and CPKC cross the US border north of Rouses
Point, New York. The lines converge at Rouses Point, beyond which
CPKC continues into New York state
CPKC 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
CPKC crosses the US border
between Ditchfield and Lowellton, Maine
Moose
proposed commuter services in and around the Ottawa - Gatineau area
Train de Charlevoix seasonal service between Quebec
City and La Malbaie, about 70 km
Local and Regional Freight Operators
Charlevoix Railway Limoilou (Quebec City, interchange
with CN) to Clermont (No website located at present)
Lanaudière
Railway Joliette (interchange with CN and Quebec Gatineau Railway)
to St Félix de Valois
The Port of
Montreal has its own internal railway network, interchanging with
CN and CPKC (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 CPKC)
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 Rio Tinto Aluminium, 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 Laurence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) Ste Rosalie
(interchange with CN), via Sherbrooke (interchange with CPKC
and Quebec Central Railway) to the US border, where it meets
its US counterpart
Train Ferry
CN COGEMA
regular train ferry services between Matane and Baie-Comeau, with
occasional services as required to Port-Cartier, Arnaud, Sept-Îles
and Havre-Saint-Pierre
Proposed Railway
QcRail
is conducting a feasibility study into a proposed 370km railway
from a connection with the existing CN network at Dolbeau-Mistassini
to Baie-Comeau, connecting the community to the network without the
need for a train ferry, and providing access to a deep sea port
(Site in French)
