Passenger Trains
Passenger trains on the ICR operated between all points on the system which included the following major sections:
- Halifax–Truro
- Truro – Pictou County – Sydney
- Truro–Moncton
- Saint John – Moncton
- Moncton–Newcastle–Bathurst–Campbellton–Rivière-du-Loup–Lévis–Montreal
Several "name trains" were started by the ICR, including the Scotian, Maritime Express, and the longest-enduring "name" passenger train in Canada to this very day, the Ocean Limited.
ICR passenger trains also connected with steamship services to Prince Edward Island at Shediac and Pictou, steamship services to Quebec at Pictou, steamship services to the United States and Europe at Halifax and Saint John, provided railcar ferries to Cape Breton Island, and steamship services operated by the Newfoundland Railway to Newfoundland at North Sydney.
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