Chartered cars

You want your meetings to take place in a setting that reflects your company's own style and spirit. Our chartered car service will help make your meetings an unparalleled success. How? By giving you the edge provided by the train's many services: comfort and flexibility.

Meetings tailor-made to your style

Create the atmosphere you want. Let us know which services you require: select a class of service for your guests, as well as meals, destinations and on-board entertainment. Select an itinerary commensurate with your needs across a network linking Canada's largest business centres: from Halifax to Vancouver, via Québec City, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg and Edmonton.

Get your message across

A complete range of cutting edge audiovisual equipment and technical services are available to you. Take advantage of the services provided by our audiovisual partner, Duocom, for PowerPoint presentations and for DVD, VHS or BETA projections - all of which can be viewed on retractable liquid crystal display screens.

Customize your entertainment and travel options

Since you're already getting the ultimate meeting place and flat-rate travel as well, why not get the best of both worlds and combine a little business and pleasure on the way:

Invite your partners to visit your production facilities or your markets while you lay out your business plan. Update your team in a unique setting.

Wrap up your meeting by taking part in an on-board production inspired by Murder on the Orient-Express. Or how about playing a round of golf or visiting a vineyard afterwards?

With our chartered car service, you have complete creative control over your event. No matter what the reason - a great collaboration, the start of a new project, a friend or colleague's birthday - with VIA Rail, it's bound to be a tremendous success. The intimate layout of our cars will kick-start conversation, and our onboard bars and restaurants will warm up the atmosphere.

A feast for the senses

Let yourself be amazed by the magnificent vistas rolling by. With VIA, you can literally light up your event with landscapes you've chosen for the occasion. Determine the scale of your event. As required, you can add a service car with lounge, a dining car and, when available, the Glenfraser, a sumptuous lounge especially designed for receptions.

Set the tone for your evening. Our different classes of service offer something for everyone: sumptuous cold buffets, gourmet dishes, excellent Canadian wines.

What's on the program?

Once the stage is set, you can elect to watch a film on liquid crystal displays, create an atmosphere with on-board musical performers, or even take part in an on-board production inspired by Murder on the Orient Express.

You're in charge

Our entertainment packages are designed to make your events as easy to plan as possible, but you're free to customize the menus, entertainment and anything else according to your tastes, and those of your guests.

A few sample destinations

Give your imagination free rein... Here are two examples of excursions we have arranged for clients:

• Theatre train from Toronto to Stratford: From the private priority boarding area to the background dinner music, VIA works together with you to ensure that your rail excursion is a hit. Surf and turf menus, delectable desserts, and a discriminating selection of beer and wine will make the journey unforgettable.
• Journey into the wines of Niagara: After boarding in Toronto, guests are invited to sample wines from the Niagara Region. VIA can arrange to have a wine expert on board to enhance guest enjoyment and experience. Service includes a refined selection of hot and cold hors d'œuvres certain to delight even the most demanding palate.

Television, motion picture and commercial producers: look no further. Your location scouting stops right here at VIA Rail Canada!

A myriad of facilities will be put at your disposal to contribute to the success of your projects. Dozens of local and international production companies have found in VIA the ideal partnership and perfect location for their movies, television shows or commercials. With great exterior and interior shots, trains, stations and so much more, the possibilities are almost endless.

• Take advantage of the yards and interiors of our maintenance centres in Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver.
• Charter a car or an entire train for location shoots, to shuttle your cast and crew from one location to the other, or as a perfect and original setting for a special event.
• Set-up in one of our many stations. They provide the perfect backdrop to the action, from the picturesque, historic cachet of our Toronto and Québec City stations, to the modern structure of our Ottawa base or rustic charm of our rural locations.

View this video feature about train travel shot aboard a VIA Rail train.

A glance through our sample packages and fares will give you an idea of of what services are available and at what costs. As service packages are almost entirely customizable, the following are mere examples. We are more than happy to discuss your needs and tailor a package to suit them.

Find out about our current fares and rates for:

• Chartered rail car rental
  
• Glenfraser car rental
  
• Audiovisual equipment rental

All fares are in Canadian dollars and do not include taxes. Prices are subject to change without notice. Applicable discounts, terms, conditions and schedules are also subject to change without prior notice. The final cost of tickets, departure and arrival times will be confirmed at the time of booking.