Special meals and medication

In the Québec City-Windsor corridor (southern Québec and southern Ontario), travellers in Business class can be served the following special meals, provided that 48 hours notice is given:

• Asiatic vegetarian meals
• Bland/Ulcer meals
• Children's meals
• Diabetic meals
• Gluten-free meals
• Hindu meals
• Kosher meals
• Low-calorie meals
• Low-sodium meals
• Low-fat/Low-cholesterol meals
• Muslim meals
• Non-lactose meals
• Strict vegetarian meals
• Vegetarian meals (can eat dairy and egg products)
   

Special meals are not available in Economy class. Inform VIA personnel on the train of your special needs: they will do everything they can to help you. VIA cannot guarantee that its meals are free of all products that could cause allergies.

On all trains with a kitchen, our personnel will do their best to meet requests for vegetarian, low sodium or low fat meals. No prior notice is required but you must convey your request to the service coordinator as soon as you get on board.

Kosher meals are also available on board the following trains: Montréal-Halifax (the Ocean), Montréal-Gaspé, Toronto-Vancouver (the Canadian) and Winnipeg-Churchill. We require at least 48 hours' notice before departure for most of these trains, except the Canadian and the Ocean, for which we require 10 days' prior notice.

On board the Ocean, passengers travelling in Sleeper Touring class can be served the following special meals, provided that 10 days notice is given:

• Diabetic meals
• Gluten-free meals
• Kosher meals
• Low-calorie meals
• Low-sodium meals
• Strict vegetarian meals
• Vegetarian meals (can eat dairy and egg products)

Special meals are not available in Sleeper class or Economy class. Inform VIA personnel on the train of your special needs: they will do everything they can to help you. VIA cannot guarantee that its meals are free of all products that could cause allergies.

To obtain the list of menus offered on board our trains, please visit our meals section.

Passengers requiring medication during their trip must make sure they do not leave it in their checked baggage. Diabetic passengers must carry a sufficient supply of disposable syringes.

Insulin or any other medication that must be kept cool will be stored in a refrigerator, provided that the train has a dining car, or a Skyline or Park car.

Passengers requiring oxygen during their trip are asked to bring their own equipment, be it an oxygen concentrator, an oxygen bottle, or both. Oxygen bottles are subject to the following restrictions:

You may bring one (1) oxygen bottle in the passenger car. It must not exceed 91 cm (36 in.) in length by 15 cm (6 in.) in diameter (maximum volume of 15,000 cubic cm or 1,000 cubic inches), and must be in a proper carrying device that will protect the valve assembly.

Oxygen bottles are not accepted as checked baggage.