Intermediate stops were in Chipman, McGivney, Napadogan, Juniper, Tobique Valley, Grand Falls, and Saint-Léonard.

A third trip departed Moncton on Sundays and returned from Edmundston on Mondays.

[3] Service was discontinued on January 15, 1990, during a round of severe cuts to the Via Rail network overseen by Benoît Bouchard due to the 1989 budget.

In 2014, Via Rail considered rerouting the Ocean between Edmundston and Moncton rather than pay CA$10 million to rebuild 70 km (43 mi) of track from Miramichi to Bathurst.

The rerouting was estimated to cost CA$50 million and involve construction of five new stations.