Canada's national passenger rail service - serving all regions of Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay.
	One of the safest, most efficient, most reliable and most environmentally responsible modes of transportation available.
	451 trains weekly travelling to 450 Canadian communities.
	3,000 employees and over 3.6 million passengers.
	Close to 900 million passenger miles on 14,000 kilometres of track.
	Important to Canada's economy, contributing about $1.8 billion annually to Canada's gross domestic product.

In Western Canada
VIA's legendary Western transcon-tinental service caters mainly to domestic and foreign tourism markets. The Canadian, a long-distance train running thrice-weekly between Toronto and Vancouver, has been chosen as one of the top five "Great Journeys of the World" by National Geographic.

In the Quebec City - Windsor Corridor
Our sleek, modern trains travel throughout the Quebec City - Windsor Corridor at speeds of over 160 km/h, providing intercity passengers with fast, convenient, comfortable and affordable service, downtown-to-downtown between Canada's largest business centres. VIA 1 service offers first-class amenities, as well as a roomy, hassle-free environment allowing business travellers to work or relax.

Since 1990, we have:

	Reduced administration costs by 66 percent.
	Cut operating costs by 22 percent.
	Increased revenues by 40 percent.
	Increased passenger-miles from 785 million to 856 million.
	Closed the gap between revenues and costs, achieving a 52 percent revenue to cost ratio - up from 29 percent in 1990.
	Reduced our annual government funding by $263 million, a total reduction of 60 percent in eight years.