Canadian Railway and Marine World - 1913-10 - S.S. St. George Enters Fundy Service - Journey Times Comparisons

Canadian Railway and Marine World - 1913-10 - S.S. St. George Enters Fundy Service - Journey Times Comparisons

A news article was published in the October 1913 issue of the Canadian Railway and Marine World trade magazine about the newly acquired C.P.R. steamer S.S. St. George entering service between Digby and Saint John. The article included some comparisons for the scheduled journey times between Montreal and Halifax by various routes and railways, and highlighted the trip using the ferry had the shortest journey time in either direction. The scan of the article appears below, while the article text is shown here for search purposes:

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Shortening Time Between Halifax and Montreal.

The C.P.R. S.S. St. George, recently acquired from the Great Western Ry. of England, for the Bay of Fundy service, has been placed in regular service between St. John, N.B., and Digby, N.S., connecting with the C.P.R. express trains from and to Montreal at St. John, and with the Dominion Atlantic Ry. express trains from and to Halifax, at Digby. This makes the fastest regular schedule between Halifax and Montreal, the time occupied on this route, allowing for the difference between Atlantic and Eastern time, being 23 hrs. 30 mins. westbound, and 23 hrs. 35 mins. eastbound. The time occupied by the C.P.R. all rail route to St. John, thence over the Intercolonial to Halifax is 25 hrs. 30 mins. westbound, and 25 hrs. 35 mins. eastbound, and the Intercolonial Ry.’s time is 25 hrs. westbound, and 25 hrs. 30 mins. eastbound.

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