Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
It is strange that a Canadian passenger rail line, doesn't even run through Canada's capital city, Ottawa.
Psst!

The train does go to Ottawa from both Montreal and Brockville... You can check out the Google map on Via's web site: http://www.viarail.ca/trains/en_trai_tous.html

It is not quite part of the Quebec-Windsor corridor because Ottawa is a pretty significant detour North...

I tried going to Portland by train recently. The schedules for Vancouver-Seattle and Seattle-Portland don't match and you either have to overnight in Seattle or take a but to Seattle (organized by Amtrak) and then the train to Portland. Not a very interesting option unfortunately But it's also a long drive...