Via Rail

Via Rail Canada Inc.

Company type	Crown corporation
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	January 12, 1977; 47 years ago (1977-01-12)
Headquarters	Place Ville Marie, Montreal, Quebec , Canada
Area served	Canada
Key people	Françoise Bertrand (Chairman), Mario Peloquin (CEO)
Revenue	CA$392.6 million (2018)[1]
Operating income	CA$−272.6 million (2018)
Total assets	CA$1.467 billion (2018)
Owner	Government of Canada
Number of employees	3,234 (2020)
Website	www.viarail.ca/en

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Geographic map of the Via Rail system
Overview
Stations called at	378[2]
Reporting mark	VIA
Dates of operation	1977–present
Predecessor	Passenger services operated by the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, as well as other smaller companies
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length	12,500 kilometres (7,800 mi)

Via Rail Canada Inc. (reporting mark VIA) (/ˈviːə/), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada.

Via Rail operates over 500 trains per week across eight Canadian provinces and 12,500 kilometres (7,800 mi) of track, 97 percent of which is owned and maintained by other railway companies, mostly by Canadian National Railway (CN). Via Rail carried approximately 4.39 million passengers in 2017, the majority along the Corridor routes connecting the major cities of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, and had an on-time performance of 73 percent.^[1] Although Via Rail was established to accommodate passenger operations from the Canadian Pacific Railway, it now mainly uses its network for tourists.^[3]