By train from Montreal to Halifax Nova Scotia with VIA Rail 

Flying is a way to get there, as is crawling over broken glass. Taking the train, dining at a table and sleeping in a bed, are a part of the experience .

My son James and I traveled from Kingston, Ontario to Moncton, New Brunswick on via rail. The service was superb. The via employees are one of a kind.

I took this route 20 years ago Economy Class. It was an experience I will never forget. Police came on at one stop to take off a drunk passenger who had barfed on the floor. Great video!

It was also good to see that small boy getting an experience of a lifetime! - go for it, boy! that's Canada! Lobster and all!

Canadians ... Thank God every day for the beautiful country you live in.... One day I hope to visit. Did make Niagara Falls once.

Very nice editing. Canada such a beautiful country, so many rivers and greenery...

Great video. I have travelled on "The Canadian'" 25 times since 1964 (both ways). About 2000 or so I went all the way from Vancouver to Halifax & that year they were trying out a once a week train from Halifax to Sydney,NS that included a Park car. It went to Sydney 1 day & returned the next. Discontinued after only 2 or 3 yrs as I recall. The Park cars & most of the cars on The Canadian were built in 1954 & still operate after 60+ years. BTW original artwork from the "Group of Seven" painters was hung on the wall in the bar under the dome in Park cars & they allowed smoking in the early years. I have never been on the Renasance cars.

A wonderful video... I did this trip - Halifax to Toronto, economy class, back in the 1980's and it took about 36 hours total. A lot of fun though.

Opportunity to see the country at a glance, so heavenly.

I rented a house in Nova Scotia one August and it was magical. Wish I had taken the train as looks like a lot of fun.

i took this train many a times from montreal to campbellton when i lived in toronto in the 80's ton of fun especially at christmas. did coke for the first time on that train and always got on with a 24 of beer in Christmas wrap. arrived in campbellton around 6am my father would pick me up and i was all hungover

Thinking about a PhD in Halifax... Experiencing Canadian scenes through youtubers' eyes. Thank you for that.

Thank you! If all is well, Ill travel from Toronto to Halifax this year

Nice and cool journey

Wow it's looks so much better than air travel if you have the extra time.

Nicely done! You've hit the high points of the trip and provided great memories of my trip to Halifax taken last week (Oct 14-18, 2018) on The Ocean. Nothing much has changed since 2015, even the menu looks the same, but it was certainly a memorable journey. Thanks for posting the video.

I'm from Ontario and never been to Nova Scotia. Must get out there someday and the train might be a nice way to go.

Very nice video

We made a similar trip Halifax to Toronto in the 70’s and I GOT THE SAME CARDBOARD TRAIN TO ASSEMBLE!! Smiled when I saw that.

Excellent video, as always Mark! I'm so tempted now. Halifax to Montréal will be the first leg of my very first trip to Canada. :-)

Wow ! Beautiful extremely clean class travel . This is definitely highest standards for travel. We in India are blessed to watch your videos and enjoy travel in our Head only. There's extreme cleanliness in your place. It's because you people are highly educated .God bless you who made the video. Salisbury park.

Life time memorable trip. Thanks to God I had done this. Every ☝one should have to go n enjoy life. Very nice video

I was watching this and when it started on the kids with the paper folding train..Bang it hit me.. I was on the same train ride from Toronto to Halifax when i was 3 or 4 (1974) 75 I remembered the paper train There is a picture of me standing on the seat waving bye bye out the window

So clean, so nice ambience inside the train. Outer scenes were so superb.

amazing Canada ! what a chance to live there !!!!! thanks for sharing ! greets from Toulouse !!!

Hello from New Zealand, very enjoyable, when you watch the vista's in this clip why would you want to fly? rail travel will never die, many thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing! I love train travel, I would love to do this one! Have always wanted to go across country to Halifax. What a gorgeous trip!

Went Dayniter to Halifax, return by coach. These cars were extras ordered for the London Paris train. Shells came here the coaches tested Montreal to Toronto. Then used down east, nice looking coaches.

Marvelous video. I used to take the train quite a lot between Halifax and Montreal and around the whole area as a student. The Park car lounges have incredible art work in them, commissioned by the railway by Group of 7 and other great painters.

Thank you for sharing. I grew up in Kyle of Lochalsh in Scotland and the train journey from there to Inverness is beautiful. If you ever get the chance you should have a wee looksie:0) I'd give my right arm for the chance to visit Nova Scotia though. Your videos are great for someone like myself who can't afford to leave the Highlands lol.

This routing is BEAUTIFUUUUUL .. I remember my journey in NB and NS specially arriving in Halifax town and visiting Citadel and Tatanic Museum!! Love that part of Canada!!!!

Well done ! I used to ride VIA Rail in Ontario from Toronto to the country towns. That was in '85. Also, took the train from Calgary to Vancouver in a sleeper car through the Rockies.

amazing ,too good ,great scenery ,thank you so much .

Wife and I toured NS with Globus Tours. As a optional addon trip, we were the only ones who took this train and toured Montreal, riding the double decker Greyline, step on, step off tour of the city. We like Canada so much we flying from NC to Vancouver to ride the Canadian (Snow Train) to Toronto after a 3 day hotel stop, I think in Banff. I love trains, and snow, so it is double fun for me. Wife does not like the cold so much so she is going mostly because I want to. Canada has a picture of the Canadian train on their $10 bill I noticed some time back.

Magnificent countryside. We were in Halifax and Peggy’s Cove and drove around much of Nova Scotia 22 years ago. Maybe will get back soon.

I like this beautiful train m also working in maharaja express in india it's also luxury train it's beautiful train in the world it's running to Mumbai to delhi

Drove to Truro last time but thinking of doing the train instead next time. Nova Scotia so beautiful. Thank you for uploading!

It's journey like a beautiful dream

I did the 27-28hr VIA Rail trip Toronto-Montreal-Halifax back in Dec 1992, the winter scenery was amazing and I hardly slept at all. Getting home sick now! I'm over due for a trip home to Halifax.

did the Vancouver to Halifax trip 1970..met some great people

This is my next and maybe last voyage by train, done 7 times L.A. to Mtl. and one from Mtl to Vancouver, once in Australia, and now this my next dream, Love trains.

I took this once - economy class - about 10 years ago. A trip I'll never forget!

Amazing country to visit it once in life time experience nice video to watch make u happy just to see

I was pretty impressed with the food offerings! They did not look bad for a train.

I wanted to take this ride from Halifax to Montreal and back in a sleeper just for the experience. When I tried to make reservations I was told I would have to stay overnight in Montreal as there would not be a train back to Halifax till the next day. I figured I would have to wait at the train station for a while for a train back but not stay over night. So that killed those plans!

Fantastic footage Mr Seat 61! Except the day car at the rear these Renaissance cars were originally built by BREL Derby for the projected Channel Tunnel night services from Manchester, Birmingham, Plymouth, Glasgow etc thru to Paris, Brussels etc. Sadly this project never took off as cheap flights killed off this potential market. The cars were put into storage for some time, several were cut up, and the rest sold off to VIA rail as we can see in this excellent video. The cars were a model between the BR Mark III and Mark IV design, because of their heavy weight and intercontinental voltage issues a barrier car (Ex-Mark III sleeper) was added to each rake as a generator van. but looking at the sleeper cabins and spacious car interiors this is a great shame on what we missed out here in the UK but thankful these rakes have a new life traveling along a most beautiful route.

Super excited to see what happen when experience really thrilling journey if with partner

I did Toronto to Halifax in the 1980s with a sleeper. No showers in those days. It was overnight, and the Porter woke me up at midnight to see the lights of Quebec city across the water.

Via has awesome food. They use local ingredients wherever possible

We did that trip in summer 2013 and it was a great ride . Food is excellent , no comparison to the food they serve on airplane ( when you are lucky to have some ) we where most of the time in the dome or below in the bullet tail of the car . Service is excellent , VIA people were all very nice .

Wow, does that look amazingly fun!! Being from USA, I will say that Canada is such a beautiful country. That is one pretty F40PH!

Nice job, folks! I've made approximately that trip by car a couple times, and I'm still in love with the Maritimes.

Was much impressed by service on ViaRail trains during my Canadian holiday in 2017.

Long Live the Canadian Rail System!! Those beautiful Budd dome cars from the mid-50's. What wonderful memories.....Thanks for posting this video.

Excellent video, we are taking this trip in reverse in late January, starting at Halifax and ending in Vancouver, with connections at Montreal and Toronto, thanks for sharing!

Vis Really has it together. I have taken this train within Nova Scotia from the North to Halifax and another line round trip from Montreal to Quebec City.

Hey everyone i live here in halifax right beside this trains rail line and i watch it come and go often its quit a lovely train and i would say its a ride worth taking. But i had no idea about the trains amazing route in the great forests and many rivers and lakes. Although im uneasy about how the cargo trains also use the same single rail. The idea of a schedule mistake between a cargo and passanger train is scary.

Thanks for the memories, Mark. We took that trip a year earlier. We found the "Oceans" European sleepers very small compared to the Budd sleepers on "the Canadian". Train staff were very friendly and accommodating. We even got a lesson on lobster fishing from the train attendant in the Park car.

Brings back many good memories. Thank you.

bonito tren canadiense, saludos desde mexico😊 nice canadian train, greetings from mexico😊

Great video ! Thanks! Nice to see the east , Ahoy y 'all from BC Kootenays!

The return journey from Halifax to Montreal is also 3 times / week, leaving just after noon and arriving between 830am and 930am the following morning. The second class seats are quite comfortable, they're quite wide and rather than recline as on an airplane, when the back moves backward, the seat moves forward and a leg support extends as well, similar to a lounge chair.

Beautiful scenery!

Very beautiful footage...high quality and great scenery, enjoyed it so much..thank you Mark Smith

Wow!!, Canada is a beautiful country. I would like to live there

Beautiful train trip I'd love to ride this one and that delicious lobster at the end looked fabulous!

je tiens a vous dire que le Canada est super beau et que j aime mes cousins Canadiens

Want to do this, thanks for the experience!

SUPERB VIDEO David!

Very comfortable journey

Very nice video, will be there someday............

this mural lounge and bullet lounge looks very good

Canada- the best country in the world! Greetings from Ukraine ! 🇨🇦🇺🇦

Lovely.love trains and this is awesome !🙂👍

Great video, thanks a lot. It brought back many memories.(Canuck in VT).

Nice footage, and thank you for sharing this. I feel like I am on board via rail.

Took this trip a year or o ago. The Economy Class seats are ok until you need to sleep, then they are totally dreadful. VIA used to have a good DayNighter car, but they got these things, which I am told by a Via employee were originally planned for the Chunnel, a much shorter trip. The Chunnel folks ended up with some other car, so these were 'a deal'. Apparently they were problematic for many years as they were never designed for harsh Canadian winters. So, this is what happens when you let accountants run a railroad. (or anything else).

Wonderful video, I’m a Brit and I visited Toronto age 15. Now I’m 43 I’d love to do that journey.

A very nice video.....nice to know the "Night Star" sleeper stock from the UK is being put to good use !! Thanks for sharing.

Nice video

I've travel from the Bahamas to Toronto to Halifax.. Hare flying... Taking a train sounds so much better..My son lives in Halifax

Awesome video. I liked the beautiful forest rivers. What cleanliness.

Amazing. Such a beauty.

I was a train attended in the summer once my run was from Halifax to Montreal. I loved it! #maritimer ❤️

Thanks for this lovely video. I'm taking the Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver next month but now this looks like a "must do" as well!

I will be doing this trip, Halifax to Toronto, in November. I'm writing a book, and my main character is an actor who is afraid of flying, so he goes by train everywhere - even between filming locations in Canada. He is supposed to be super stressed about it, but watching this video I'm now like "hey, this is super chill" ;) I will be doing a lot of writing on board, and I just can't wait :)

I miss the days when you could stand in the vestibule between cars and open the top half of the door. I would stand there listening to the "clickity-clack" with the wind in my face, at least until the conductor made me go inside. lol The plane is for when you are in a hurry, the train is for the experience and the enjoyment.

when i was living in Toronto i rode this train a lot to campbellton NB twice year. was always hung over when it stopped in campbellton in the early morning.

This is on my bucket list

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful journey video

It's the best train in the world, i must say.

What a fantastic little movie you have made,top drawer!!

Canada is an awesome country with great people. I’d move there in a heartbeat if it wasn’t so cold most of the year. We vacation there every summer. Love it.

very picturesque greetings from Australia

In August of 1977 I rode the Train from Vancouver to Montreal, memorable days. I was returning to school at the University of New Hampshire after visiting my relatives in British Columbia. I had about 6 hours in Montreal and really enjoyed exploring the City. From there the bus to Concord NH and then hitch hiked the last 40 miles to Durham since there was no public transportation available. I at last get to see the remainder of the transcontinental railroad, so beautiful and filled with history. Thank You for sharing your journey. Does the train go further into Newfoundland? I met a young woman from there on the train who wrote me a couple of letters. I think that is how she was getting home. She made me realize just how vast Canada is alas too far a distance even for my heart strings.(and she was very pretty) But that was how I journeyed to New Hampshire and that flame had flickered out, C"est la Vie.

Really like the fantastic views and experiences.

Thanks for this Mark! I worked for CN before Via came to be. Good times. 6:36- Folly Lake, 6:46- Salmon River at Bible Hill, 7:10- Grand Lake

What an intriguing video! I'm now seriously considering doing this trip!

Nice confortable train. Your central station is awsome 😀👍

Great video and the train looks superior to usual flight from Toronto to Halifax and return.