Charlevoix Railway
The Le Massif Charlevoix train at Baie-Saint-Paul | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 5 rue Desbiens Clermont, Quebec, G4A1B8 |
| Reporting mark | CFC |
| Locale | Charlevoix and Capitale-Nationale regions of Quebec |
| Dates of operation | 10 August 1889–present |
| Predecessor | Quebec, Montmorency and Charlevoix Railway (1881–1904) Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company (1904–1951) Canadian National Railway (1951–1994) |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Electrification | From 1900 to 1959 |
| Length | 144 kilometres (89 mi) |
| Other | |
| Website | Train de Charlevoix |
The Charlevoix Railway (French: Chemin de fer Charlevoix) (reporting mark CFC) is a short-line railway that operates in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. From 1994 to 2009 it was a subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation, a short line operator. Since April 2009 it has been owned by Train touristique de Charlevoix Inc., a Groupe Le Massif Inc. (owners of Le Massif) subsidiary. With a length of 144–148 kilometres (89–92 mi) it connects the city of Clermont in the Charlevoix region to a freight yard of the Canadian National Railway (CN) located in the La Cité-Limoilou borough of the city of Quebec. The railway runs along both the St. Lawrence River and the Malbaie River and consists of a single non-electrified track.
The railway carried passengers at its start in the 19th century, for much of the early part of the 20th century, and as part of a dinner train operation in the 1980s and again in the 1990s. Passenger service on a tourist train between Quebec City and La Malbaie began in September 2011. As a freight railway the main commodities transported are: clay, timber, lumber, cement, woodchips, paper, and peroxide.