The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, also known as Ontario–Québec or The Corridor, is a Via Rail passenger rail service operating in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. It is Via Rail's busiest
A Via Rail train at Oshawa
Construction of a new station building at Belleville in 2011
A GO Transit train on the main line in Toronto's west end
The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is the most densely populated and heavily industrialized region of Canada. As its name suggests, the 1,150 km-long region extends from Quebec City in the northeast to
Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (Via Rail)
…traversing the route daily. About 81% of Via's revenue comes from Corridor routes. Via trains that start and end within the geographic region of the Quebec City–Windsor corridor are branded as a part of the Corridor service. Other inter-city trains from outside the Corridor may have their terminus at stations in the Corridor…
The Montreal–Windsor portion of the Corridor. Most of the Ontario portion of the Corridor is situated immediately north of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Montreal and its surrounding municipalities. Greater Montreal is the second largest metropolitan area in the Corridor.
The Rideau Canal in Bytown (present day Ottawa) in 1841. The canal was built in the 19th-century as a secure transit route for the Corridor in case war broke out with the US.