June 22, 2020 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Canadian Press, June 20, 2020) MONTREAL — As of Tuesday, Via Rail says passengers will be required to wear masks to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. The Montreal-based passenger rail service says it’s making the change as ridership increases with...
March 31, 2020 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CTV News, March 30, 2020) OTTAWA — Via Rail is elaborating on how it plans to monitor and restrict travelers exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms from boarding its trains. Full story: www.ctvnews.ca
March 12, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Global News, March 11, 2020) MONTREAL — Less than 20 years ago, intercity commuters leaving Toronto at 5 p.m. could take an express Via Rail train from Union Station in downtown Toronto and arrive at Central Station in downtown Montreal in three hours and 59...
March 11, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Global News, March 9, 2020) OTTAWA — Current and former Via employees say that violent incidents used to be rare on board the Canadian. But they say this changed after October 2018, when Greyhound cancelled most of its bus routes in Western Canada, leaving...
March 10, 2020 | CN, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Global News, March 10, 2020) TORONTO — Via Rail estimated that more than 90 per cent of trains on the transcontinental Canadian route were late in 2017, and about 70 per cent were late in the following year. By 2019, Via Rail was warning passengers who booked...
February 14, 2020 | CN, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 13, 2020) EDMONTON — CN rail is shutting down its Eastern Canada operations and VIA is halting passenger services across the country in the face of protests. After several days of grappling with blockaded rail lines in Ontario and...
June 25, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, June 24, 2019) OTTAWA — Liberal ministers will announce a formal role for the Canada Infrastructure Bank Tuesday in developing Via Rail’s plans for a new multibillion-dollar passenger rail line, but the joint news conferences in Ontario and...
April 2, 2019 | CN, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Global News, March 29, 2019) TORONTO — CN Rail has confirmed to Global News that they have suspended the practice of laying out material between the rails in preparation for track work on railways with passenger traffic. Full story:...
March 29, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, March 28, 2019) OTTAWA — Canada’s transportation safety watchdog is issuing a warning after two VIA Rail passenger trains were seriously damaged by material left on the track. It turns out both trains were damaged by material that had been...
December 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 13, 2018) VIA Rail Canada Inc. yesterday announced it awarded a CA$989 million contract to Siemens Canada to build 32 trainsets. Full story: Progressive Railroading
