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in 2024, all of VIA Rail Canada’s passenger train services outside the Windsor to Quebec City corridor will have to be withdrawn […]
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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 […]
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By Transport Action | Letters
We have written to Geneviève Guilbault, Quebec’s Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, asking for an update on progress toward custom preclearance for Amtrak passengers at Montreal’s Central Station, and for the condition of the track between Rouses Point and the city to be addressed. The long delay for customs inspection to cross the border, […]
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By Transport Action | Letters
Transport Action has submitted a brief for the US Federal Railroad Administration’s study of Amtrak’s long distance services, supporting the efforts of the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority to reinstate the North Coast Hiawatha – a service cut analogous the the loss of the Canadian through Calgary – and to emphasize opportunities for renewed and […]
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