Campbellton–Moncton train

Campbellton–Moncton train

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	New Brunswick, Canada
Predecessor	Scotian
First service	October 28, 1979
Last service	January 14, 1990
Current operator(s)	Via Rail
Route
Start	Campbellton
Stops	8
End	Moncton
Distance travelled	300 km (190 mi)
Average journey time	4 hours
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	617, 618
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Track owner(s)	Canadian National Railway
Route map v t Legend Ocean / Atlantic to Halifax 0 km Moncton Atlantic to Saint John / Montreal 93 km 58 mi Rogersville 128 km 80 mi Newcastle 199 km 124 mi Bathurst 217 km 135 mi Petit-Rocher 245 km 152 mi Jacquet River 270 km 168 mi Charlo 300 km 186 mi Campbellton Ocean to Montreal

The Campbellton–Moncton train was a daily Canadian passenger train service operated by Via Rail between Campbellton and Moncton, New Brunswick. Intermediate stops were in Charlo, Jacquet River, Petit-Rocher, Bathurst, Newcastle, and Rogersville.

The service was established in 1979 to supplement the Ocean following the cancellation of the Scotian. It was discontinued in 1990.

History[]

The Canadian National Railway historically operated two daily trains between Montreal and Halifax via Mont-Joli, Campbellton, and Moncton: the Ocean and the Scotian.^[1]

On October 28, 1979, the Scotian was discontinued in favor of extending the Atlantic, a former Canadian Pacific train, from Saint John to Halifax. To ensure twice-daily train service remained between Campbellton and Moncton, an unnamed round-trip bearing train numbers 617 and 618 was added on that corridor. Similarly in Quebec, the Saint-Laurent was added between Montreal and Mont-Joli.^[2]

Service was discontinued on January 15, 1990, during a round of severe cuts to the Via Rail network overseen by Benoît Bouchard due to the 1989 budget.^[3] Since then, the long-distance Ocean has remained the only passenger train operating between Campbellton and Moncton.

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