Discontinuance In 1978, Via Rail took control of CN passenger service and began negotiations with
Canadian Pacific Railway to obtain their passenger service. The takeover was complete by the summer of 1979. The decision was made to discontinue the
Scotian and replace it with the
Atlantic which Canadian Pacific routed through the United States. The
Atlantic used the original train numbers (11 and 12) of the
Scotian. Via Rail also added two new trains to supplement the
Ocean with local service on parts of the ''Scotian's
former route. Le Saint-Laurent'' (trains 18 and 19) ran between Montreal and
Mont-Joli, Quebec, while
Rail Diesel Car service (trains 617 and 618) ran between
Campbellton and
Moncton,
New Brunswick. ==References==