September 20, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, September 20, 2013) TORONTO — When disaster looms down the track, there’s little a train engineer can do – apply the brakes, then hope. That was the only option facing Paul Proudlock, 46, about two years ago along his freight route near...
August 7, 2013 | Headlines, Railroad Security, VIA Rail
(Source: Canadian Press, August 6, 2013) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Vancouver’s Via Rail station was closed briefly on Tuesday over concerns about unattended bags that turned out to contain camping gear, the city’s police force said. Full story: Globe and...
August 5, 2013 | Headlines, Railroad Security, VIA Rail
(Source: Canadian Press, August 4, 2013) MONTREAL — Taking a train in Canada could soon become more like boarding an airplane as Via Rail considers greater scrutiny of checked baggage, more inspections by sniffer dogs and security checks on passengers. An alleged plot...
June 14, 2013 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, June 13, 2013) WINNIPEG — The union representing customer service staff at Via Rail is preparing to leave the station, meaning train service in Manitoba will be slowed. Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), which represents approximately 2,200...
June 11, 2013 | Headlines, Technology, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, June 11, 2013) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board is expected today to recommend that Canadian rail carriers adopt a new system of automated signalling and braking to help prevent runaway trains and fatal derailments. The TSB report will focus...
February 28, 2013 | CN, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, February 26, 2013) TORONTO — A deadly high-speed Via Rail train derailment in Burlington, Ont., one year ago might have been prevented had CN heeded warnings and removed or upgraded an “obsolete” crossover between tracks designed mainly...
November 20, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Amtrak and VIA Rail press release, November 19, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an arrangement that reflects the spirit of Thanksgiving, Amtrak is partnering with its Canadian counterpart, VIA Rail Canada, who accepted to provide passenger rail cars to make...
November 2, 2012 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Toronto Sun, November 2, 2012) ST. CATHARINES, Ontario — A class action lawsuit against Via Rail Canada on behalf of dozens of passengers of a fatal train derailment near Aldershot, Ont., in February has been certified by the court. The decision announced...
June 7, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Guelph Mercury, June 7, 2012) TORONTO — Rail workers in Canada are bracing for an announcement from the federal government of service reductions at Via Rail, which have been widely rumored since the government cut $20 million from the passenger...
March 7, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source Toronto Star, March 7, 2012) TORONTO — Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) stressed it is not ready to attribute the derailment of VIA Rail train 92 to human error at this early stage of the investigation, but there are renewed calls for making...
