page_title: Via Rail
section_title: Connections
hierarchical_section_title: Via Rail / Routes and connections / Connections
caption_attribution_description: English: The Niagara Falls Via Rail station in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Amtrak's Maple Leaf is at the station.
context_page_description: Via Rail Canada is an independent Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating services connecting remote communities.
  Via Rail operates over 500 trains per week across eight Canadian provinces and 12,500 kilometres of track, 97 per cent of which is owned and maintained by other railway companies, mostly by Canadian National Railway. 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 per cent.
context_section_description: The Maple Leaf, operating between New York City and Toronto via Albany, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, is jointly managed by Via and Amtrak. The train operates using Amtrak equipment, but on the Canadian side of the border is staffed by Via employees and operated as a typical Via train.
  Two other train routes link Canada and the US: the Adirondack (Montreal-New York) and the Amtrak Cascades (Vancouver-Seattle-Portland). While both of these routes share stations with Via at their Canadian termini, they are fully operated by Amtrak and single-ticket connections to Via trains are not offered.
  In addition to Amtrak, Via passengers can book connecting tickets on the following services:
  GO Transit - Toronto regional commuter trains
  Train de Charlevoix - summer tourist train between Quebec City and the Charlevoix region (no shared station in Quebec City; bus shuttle available)
  Union Pearson Express - airport rail link from downtown Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport
  Maritime Bus - coach operator in Eastern Canada
  Robert Q Airbus - transportation to and from Toronto Pearson International Airport and Detroit Metro Airport to several locations in Southern Ontario
  BC Ferries Connector - offers service between downtown Vancouver and downtown Victoria
  Réseau de Transports de la Capitale - Public transit in the Québec City area.
  Red Arrow - coach operator in Alberta
  Ontario Coachway - provides transportation to and from Toronto Pearson International Airport
  RéGÎM - public transit in Gaspésie-Les Îles
  Via also has connection agreements with several local and intercity bus operators, car-sharing services, and airlines. Passengers who are flying with these airlines can combine their air and rail trips under the same record locator:
   AeroMexico
   Air North
   Air Transat
   Cathay Pacific
   First Air
   Hainan Airlines
   LOT Polish Airlines
   Qatar Airways
   Royal Jordanian
caption: The Maple Leaf train outside Niagara Falls station. The  route jointly operated between Via and Amtrak, providing Via riders with a connection to Amtrak stations based in New York.
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