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Allergies and special meals

Below you will find information on special meals available on our trains in southern Québec and southern Ontario and on our other trains.

Trains in southern Québec and southern Ontario

In southern Québec and southern Ontario, passengers in VIA 1 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 Comfort class (economy). 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.

Our other trains

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 Ocean (Montréal-Halifax), the Chaleur (Montréal-Gaspé), the Canadian (Toronto-Vancouver) and the Hudson Bay (Winnipeg-Churchill). We require at least 48 hours' notice before departure for all of these trains, except the Canadian and the Ocean for which we require 10 days' prior notice.

On board the Ocean, passengers travelling Easterly class can be served the following special meals, provided that 10 days' 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 Comfort sleeper class or Comfort class (economy). 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 call 1 888 VIA-RAIL.


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