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
Termini	Campbellton Moncton
Stops	8
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 Ocean to Mont-Joli / Montreal 300 km 186 mi Campbellton 270 km 168 mi Charlo 245 km 152 mi Jacquet River 217 km 135 mi Petit-Rocher 199 km 124 mi Bathurst 128 km 80 mi Newcastle 93 km 58 mi Rogersville Atlantic to Saint John / Montreal 0 km Moncton Ocean / Atlantic to Halifax

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 Nouvelle-Arcadie.

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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