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Passengers requiring two seats for their own personal use


Would you like two adjacent seats for your own personal use? You can get a second seat at a reduced price if you need it in order to be comfortable, or if you are carrying a musical instrument in a coach car.

You need to occupy two side-by-side seats

If you feel that our seats are not adapted to your size or handicap, you can request two side-by-side seats for you to occupy alone. You will obtain the second seat at a reduced price.

You can occupy two seats on board all our trains, except in the Québec City-Windsor corridor (southern Québec and Ontario) where most of the trains are not equipped with removable arm-rests. However, the following Corridor trains have been set up to accommodate you: trains # 57 and 60 between Toronto and Montréal, as well as trains # 70, 75 and 670, between Toronto and Windsor.

Transporting your musical instrument

If you don't want your musical instrument to be carried in a baggage car or if your train is not equipped with a baggage car, you can get a second seat in a coach car for your instrument. This second seat is available to you everywhere across our system at a reduced price.

Please note that purchasing a second ticket will only be necessary if your musical instrument exceeds the allowable size and weight for hand baggage (i.e. the baggage you can carry into your car). Any other baggage exceeding the maximum size and weight must be transported in a baggage car.

Our fares

The fare for your extra seat will be 50% of the best adult fare in Comfort class (Economy). In VIA 1 and sleeper class (Comfort sleeper class, Easterly, Silver & Blue and Hudson Bay sleeper cars), you will save 25% off the best adult fare. To get a second ticket at a reduced fare, please contact us at 1 888 VIA-RAIL (1 888 842-7245) or visit one of our ticket offices.


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