TM Trademark owned by VIA Rail Canada Inc. Route # of daily departures Distance Productive train time Non-productive car time * Cost of travelling by car ** Cost of travelling by train (as low as) Taxpayer savings by choosing train travel *** Ottawa Toronto Up to 16 450 km 4 h 01 min 4 h 34 min $467 $44 1 $423 Ottawa Montréal Up to 12 198 km 1 h 47 min 2 h 27 min $227 $33 1 $194 Ottawa Québec City 2 482 km 5 h 23 min 4 h 39 min $488 $49 1 $439 Toronto Montréal Up to 17 541 km 4 h 34 min 5 h 30 min $562 $44 1 $518 When you choose VIA Rail for your business travel, you help reduce government expenses and create value for taxpayers. Plus, you maximize your productivity along the way. So get on board with train travel today. 1 Government of Canada employees receive 10% off the best available fare on all trains and classes of service offered by VIA Rail Canada. Available for both business and personal travel. Conditions apply. For more information, contact PWGSC Shared Travel Services. * 30 minutes was added to the total travel time by car in order to account for traffic and bad weather en route. ** The total cost to the taxpayer of travelling by car is calculated based on the following formula: $ cost of travel by car (Treasury Board kilometric rate for Ontario of $0.55/km for car travel by a government official X total distance travelled) + (average hourly rate of $48/h for a government official, based on a salary of $100,000 per year including employee benefits X travel time) = $ total cost to taxpayer *** The value of travelling by train is calculated based on the following formula: Cost of travelling by car – cost of travelling by train = taxpayer savings