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In generations past, train travel was the only civilized way to get around. Our present day obsession with speed, coupled with the fact that every person is required to do more work in the same time than ever before, means that sometimes we don't have the luxury of taking time to travel.
If you do have the time, train travel across Canada to Ottawa is an absolute delight with comfortable seating, the ability to stand and walk around, some routes offer fine dining and beverage facilities, and the routes with the dome cars allow high visibility in "living room comfort" as you view the passing countryside.
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The map above, obtained from the VIA Rail web site provides detail of the passenger train routes currently being operated by VIA Rail in Canada.
As noted, the U.S. passenger train service Amtrak has routes throughout the U.S., and you can get to Toronto, Ontario, Canada via their rail service. Then, it's a simple train change to the VIA Rail system, and you are on your way to Ottawa.
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The Ottawa Via Rail station is about 5.8 km (approx. 3.6 miles) from Parliament Hill .
If you'd like to talk to VIA Rail in Ottawa directly, here's contact and address information:
VIA Rail
Ottawa Train Station
200 Tremblay Road
Ottawa, Ontario
Telephone: (613) 244-8289
Or toll free @ 888-842-7245
Of course, reservations and information about connecting to VIA Rail can be obtained through your travel agent.
Here's the web site for Via Rail:
Here is Amtrak’s web site.
Click here for a Google map that shows the Ottawa train station location. The road that looks like a “D” with a blue arrow in it (it’s one way) coming off Tremblay Road is the access road to the station.
