October 14, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
OTTAWA — Jean Pelletier, chairman of VIA Rail Canada and the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff, is seeking “substantial funding” from Ottawa for a new and faster $3-billion train service between Quebec City and Windsor, the National Post...
October 7, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
OTTAWA — The 8:56 a.m. train from Barrhaven to Toronto on Oct. 27 will mark the start of improved rail service and sharpen competition between trains and planes, the Ottawa Citizen reports. VIA Rail’s new Fallowfield station, beside a cornfield on the edge...
October 4, 2002 | Accident, Headlines, VIA Rail
SHUBENACADIE, N.S. — A teenager who caused a Via Rail passenger train derailment in Stewiacke last year could be facing up to three years in detention, the Halifax Herald reported. “We’re looking for a term of incarceration . . . because of the...
September 23, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
TORONTO — Train buffs can kick the tires of Via Rail’s new Renaissance cars tomorrow afternoon at Toronto’s Union Station, the Globe and Mail reported. Via is inviting the public to try out the seats, wander through a dining car and check out the...
September 11, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
MONTREAL — Penny-pinching Via Rail may soon be getting another cash infusion to improve its service, thanks to the conjunction of three unrelated factors, the Canadian Press reports. It happens that the current transport minister, David Collenette, is a train...
September 6, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
VANCOUVER, B.C. — VIA Rail Chairman Jean Pelletier joined CBC Chair Carole Taylor today to launch the CBC-TV VIA Rail Train, which will bring the celebration of 50 years of Canadian television to communities across Canada, the railway said in a press release....
September 5, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
HALIFAX, N.S. — According to a wire service, passengers injured in a massive train wreck last year confronted the boy who caused the derailment, telling him in an emotional meeting Thursday how the violent crash permanently altered their lives. A group from the...
August 30, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
HALIFAX, N.S. — Passengers injured in a massive train wreck last year confronted the boy who caused the derailment, telling him in an emotional meeting yesterday how the violent crash permanently altered their lives, reports a wire service. A group from the Via...
August 8, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
OTTAWA — Overnight train service between Ottawa and Toronto is about to make a comeback, with VIA Rail offering luxurious sleeping cars to match those of the heyday of train travel, the Ottawa Citizen reports. Each standard sleeping cabin will have two beds,...
June 26, 2002 | Headlines, VIA Rail
MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada began operating its new Renaissance passenger cars on the overnight train between Montreal and Toronto on June 23, 2002. The new equipment is part of the federal government’s five-year, $402 million investment in passenger rail,...
