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VIA Train 73 to Windsor passes a CN freight train as Sass Road

Mar 19

VIA Rail taking CN to Canadian Transportation Agency

By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus

VIA Rail has taken a case (Number: 23-28548) before the Canada Transportation Agency against Canadian National under clause 152.1 of the Canada Transportation Act. No details of the application made by VIA Rail nor CN’s response are public at this time, but based on statements in previous VIA Rail annual reports and corporate plans about […]

Mar 07

Meeting with VIA-HFR

By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus

Transport Action Canada president Terry Johnson, Ontario region president Peter Miasek, and board member Adam Mills met with VIA-HFR executives Jacques Fauteux, Director of Strategic Engagement, and Jim Gray, incoming Director of Community Relations in Ontario for the project in Toronto. to discuss the VIA HFR project.

Feb 13

Failure to renew long-distance fleet would doom VIA Rail

By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus , Letters

Transport Action has written to Canada’s ministers of Transport, Finance, and Infrastructure with a stark warning: Unless the government commits to funding the replacement of the long-distance train fleet, allowing procurement to start in 2024, all of VIA Rail Canada’s passenger train services outside the Windsor to Quebec City corridor will have to be withdrawn […]

Jan 31

VIA Rail Long-Distance Fleet focus of Transport Action federal budget recommendations

By Transport Action | National News

Transport Action Canada has submitted its recommendations for consideration in federal budget 2024. As with our submission in 2023, the first item is the replacement of VIA Rail’s long-distance fleet, and this issue now has added urgency. If the Crown Corporation is not permitted to issue the RFP this year, it would not be possible […]

Jan 15

Transport Action Canada’s Submission to Budget 2024

By Transport Action | Letters , National News

Transport Action Canada made a written submission to the federal budget consultation for the 2024 federal budget. Seven key recommendations were made: 1. Provide VIA Rail Canada with at least $1.5bn capital funding over tenyears to completely renew Canada’s long‐distance train fleet, includingproviding barrier‐free accessible cabins on all overnight trains. 2. Provide funding to address […]