March 28, 2003 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following Canadian Press article by Louise Elliott was distributed on March 27.) OTTAWA — Via Rail’s new high-speed trains pose “significant accessibility problems” for people with disabilities, the Canadian Transportation Agency has...
January 9, 2003 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following Canadian Press article was published in the January 9 issue of the Globe and Mail.) WINNIPEG — A union spokesman says Via Rail employees who refused to work on a train that may have been contaminated with Norwalk virus are being disciplined. The...
January 9, 2003 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(CBC News-Winnipeg published the following story on January 8.) WINNIPEG — A union official says an outbreak of illness aboard a VIA Rail train may have started in the smoking section. “That’s where everybody smokes on the train, so everybody...
January 9, 2003 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(The following Canadian Press article was published in the January 7 issue of the Edmonton Journal.) EDMONTON — A VIA Rail passenger train en route to Toronto was stalled in Winnipeg for hours Tuesday when workers refused to board, fearing they may have been...
December 9, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
TORONTO — To build a better locomotive, you used to give it more speed and brawn. Now, you have to give it brains, too, according to the Toronto Star. Across the country, both passenger and freight trains are being hauled by a new generation of locomotives that...
December 4, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
KINGSTON — Via Rail’s much-hyped new Renaissance trains got their first taste of winter this week and they don’t appear to like it, the Kingston Whig-Standard reported. The Crown corporation’s new British-built trains, which were unveiled to much fanfare as...
November 1, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
TORONTO — Since they were introduced earlier this summer VIA Rail Canada Renaissance passenger cars have proven to be a big success, the Toronto Town Crier reported. The new overnight train that is running between Montreal and Toronto, has become popular with...
October 21, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
OTTAWA — Canada’s airline industry is sounding competition alarms about Transport Minister David Collenette’s push to allow Via Rail Canada Inc. to borrow on private markets for a proposed fast-train rail system to serve the Quebec City-Windsor...
October 21, 2002 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
QUEBEC CITY — According to Reuters, the Canadian government is considering a proposal from Via Rail Canada Inc. to let the passenger rail service raise money on capital markets to fund faster and better rail connections across Ontario and Quebec, federal...
October 16, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
TORONTO — When picking up someone at Via Rail, it’s always wise to take a stack of newspapers, according to an editorial in the Globe and Mail. You’ll often have plenty of time to read them between the moment when the train is supposed to arrive and...
