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Adapted transport aboard VIA Rail

Services for travellers with reduced mobility vary according to region, and according to the train equipment in use.

To find out which train cars will be used on your departure, please call VIA Rail at 1 888 VIA-RAIL (1 888 842-7245) or 1 800 268-9503 (hearing impaired).

Region Route Equipment in use Door width
Ontario and Québec Toronto-Ottawa
Toronto-Windsor
Toronto-Niagara Falls
Toronto-Sarnia
LRC cars

Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 2)
72 cm / 28.5 in.

67 cm / 26.5 in.
Toronto-Montréal LRC cars

Renaissance cars

Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 2)
72 cm / 28.5 in.

70 cm / 27.5 in.

67 cm / 26.5 in.
Montréal-Ottawa LRC cars

Renaissance cars
72 cm / 28.5 in.

70 cm / 27.5 in.
Montréal-Québec City Renaissance cars 70 cm / 27.5 in.
Sudbury-White River RDCs 65 cm / 25.5 in.
Montréal-Jonquière Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 1)
67 cm / 26.5 in.
Montréal-Senneterre Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 1)
67 cm / 26.5 in.
Montréal-Gaspé Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 1)
67 cm / 26.5 in.
Western Canada Toronto-Vancouver Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 1)

Sleeping cars (HEP 1)
67 cm / 26.5 in.


67 cm / 26.5 in.
Jasper-Prince Rupert Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 1)
67 cm / 26.5 in.
Victoria-Courtenay RDCs 65 cm / 25.5 in.
Winnipeg-Churchill Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 1)

Sleeping cars (HEP 1)
67 cm / 26.5 in.


67 cm / 26.5 in.
Atlantic Canada Montréal-Halifax Renaissance cars (Comfort)

Renaissance cars (service)

Renaissance cars (sleeping)
70 cm / 27.5 in.


73 cm / 29 in.


73 cm / 29 in.
Stainless-steel cars
(HEP 1)

Sleeping cars
(HEP 1)
67 cm / 26.5 in.


67 cm / 26.5 in.




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