March 7, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: The Province, March 7, 2012) QUEBEC — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) expressed concerns Tuesday about the safety of Canada’s railway system in light of a deadly train crash in southern Ontario last week, which bears similarities to a derailment...
March 1, 2012 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: The Record, March 1, 2012) KITCHENER, Ontario — Via Rail trains will sound their horns over three days in tribute to the three train engineers who lost their lives in Sunday’s derailment in Burlington. On Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 3:26 p.m. ET — the...
March 1, 2012 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, March 1, 2012) OTTAWA, Ontario — The Transportation Safety Board will hold a news conference on Thursday morning to give an update on the investigation into the fatal Via Rail train derailment in Burlington, Ont., last weekend. The train’s...
March 1, 2012 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CTV Winnipeg, February 29, 2012) WINNIPEG — Perturbed by a deadly derailment in southwestern Ontario, a longtime railway safety critic is calling on Canada’s federal government to step up its on-the-track oversight. Full story: CTV...
February 29, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, February 27, 2012) TORONTO — Remembering the three locomotive engineers killed in the VIA Rail accident on Sunday, February 26. All were devoted rail workers and family men. Full story: Globe and Mail
February 29, 2012 | Headlines, Technology, VIA Rail
TORONTO — As rail investigators continue to sift through clues to the cause of Sunday’s fatal Via train wreck, one rail expert says it’s time Canada considered installing a computerized train control system being used in other countries, including the U.S. Positive...
February 29, 2012 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Montreal Gazette, February 29, 2012) MONTREAL — Two law offices representing the passengers who were on board the Via Rail train that derailed in Burlington, Ont., last weekend have filed a class-action lawsuit against Via Rail and CN. Full story: Montreal...
February 28, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, February 27, 2012) TORONTO — The Railway Association of Canada is defending a self-policing safety monitoring system that it says works effectively, as federal investigators seek answers to the Via derailment and critics call for improvements....
February 27, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Hamilton Spectator, February 27, 2012) HAMILTON, Ontario — Three crew members died Sunday when VIA Rail Train 92 derailed in Burlington on Sunday, February 26. Two locomotive engineers and an engineer trainee were killed in the derailment. Rex Beatty,...
January 20, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Bloomberg News, January 20, 2012) NEW YORK — Canada may sell part of VIA Rail or cut service provided by the money-losing passenger-rail company as the government looks to pare spending, documents show. Full story: Bloomberg News
