The Ocean (called the Ocean because it starts at the Atlantic Ocean and follows water for much of the journey to Montreal), our easternmost service operates between vibrant Halifax, Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada and Montreal, the cosmopolitan heart (if not the capital) of French speaking Canada.

The journey itself takes about 20 hours, part of which is overnight, but the train is very comfortable complete with lounges, a restaurant car, and if you want you can reserve a bedroom on board.

The Ocean leaves Montréal in the evening and travels through the small villages on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, past Quebec City (Charny) before entering the Matapédia Valley. From there, the Ocean heads south across New Brunswick, where it stops in Moncton before noon, and then continues on to Nova Scotia to arrive at Halifax around mid-afternoon.

In the other direction, the Ocean leaves Halifax in the afternoon to reach Montréal the next morning.

The Ocean passes through both English speaking Canada and French speaking Canada and areas full of history. This part of Canada is full of history and is where to all intents and purposes where European North America started

The Ocean, one of Canada's most historic trains, runs six times a week in each direction between Halifax and Montreal. The Ocean has been serving the same 841 miles of track for over 100 years making it the longest-running regularly scheduled and named passenger train in Canadian history.

You will be following in the footsteps of history as until the advent of mass air transportation Halifax was the gateway to Canada and almost everyone that arrived in Halifax caught the Ocean onwards towards their final destination.

History aside this is a very comfortable train that after leaving Halifax and the Atlantic Ocean, follows the Northumberland Strait and crosses French speaking New Brunswick before reaching Quebec and turning west to follow the St Lawrence seaway to Montreal.

Whilst not remote in the true sense of the word it is an area that is not much visited by overseas visitors and if you choose to get off en-route you are sure of a genuinely warm welcome.

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To book any Canadian rail journey please email us at sales@internationalrail.com or give our consultant a call on 08700 841 410

There are three levels of service on the Ocean: (more information on accommodation 1.36mb )

• Comfort (Economy) Class, for any Canada train trip, with its roomy seats, is synonymous with comfort and enjoyment.
• Comfort Sleeper Class, combines all the amenities with some of the savings of comfort class with the additional comfort of a bed rather than a seat.
• Easterly Class, like the soft wind from the sea it was named after, refreshes and inspires sweet dreams.