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Renaissance

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Alstom· from 2002· Intercity rail cars in Canada operated by VIA Rail.

🚃 carriage / wagon ✓ in service

6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. VIA Rail Renaissance in Toronto: Buddah· CC BY 2.0
2. Renaissance comfort class: abdallahh· CC BY 2.0
3. Renaissance service car lounge area: abdallahh· CC BY 2.0
4. Voiture Renaissance (8063938085): abdallahh from Montréal, Canada· CC BY 2.0
5. Voiture Renaissance (8063940017): abdallahh from Montréal, Canada· CC BY 2.0
6. Voiture Renaissance (8063944422): abdallahh from Montréal, Canada· CC BY 2.0

Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

what is it?

The Renaissance fleet is a set of intercity railroad cars owned and operated by Via Rail Canada.

who runs it

base stats

speed 200 km/htop speed
seats 48passengers
built 139made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

First built 24 years ago, in 2002.
Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
Still in service after 24 years.

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built: 2002
in service from: 2002
status: in service
number built: 139
kind: carriage / wagon
origin: 🇨🇦 Canada
builders: Alstom, Metro-Cammell
operators: Via Rail
top speed: 200 km/h
power: —
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
capacity: 48 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7312395, Wikipedia: Renaissance (railcar) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.