The
Canadian National Railway historically operated two daily trains between
Montreal and
Halifax via
Mont-Joli, Campbellton, and Moncton: the
Ocean and the
Scotian. On October 28, 1979, the
Scotian was discontinued in favor of extending the
Atlantic, a former
Canadian Pacific train, from
Saint John to Halifax. To ensure twice-daily train service remained between Campbellton and Moncton, an unnamed round-trip bearing train numbers 617 and 618 was added on that corridor. Similarly in
Quebec, the
Saint-Laurent was added between Montreal and Mont-Joli. Service was discontinued on January 15, 1990, during a round of severe cuts to the Via Rail network overseen by
Benoît Bouchard due to the
1989 budget. Since then, the long-distance
Ocean has remained the only passenger train operating between Campbellton and Moncton. ==References==