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2025 Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario and Online
By Transport Action | Events
Transport Action Canada and Transport Action Ontario invite all members and supporters to join us for our annual public meeting on April 5th, before our Annual General Meetings.
When: Saturday 5 April 2025, 1:00 pm Eastern Time
Where: The Spire Conference Centre, Lower Hall
82 Sydenham St., Kingston, Ontario
or online – click below to register and add to your calendar
The event is free and will be in hybrid format – you can attend online using Zoom or join us in person in Kingston, Ontario. If you’re planning to come to Kingston and need hotel information please contact us.
Carl Fowler will join us to discuss the future of cross-border passenger rail, including efforts to secure more Amtrak service to Montreal and to reduce border delays.
The presentation will include lessons from the extension of Amtrak’s Vermonter, and the history of cross-border services such as the Montrealer, Ambassador, Alouette, Laurentian, and the Montreal Limited.
Carl Fowler is a past Vice-Chair of the Rail Passengers Association, a member of the Vermont Rail Advisory Council, and a lifelong member of Transport Action Canada.
Sean Marshall will present a comprehensive and interactive map of intercity transport links across Canada, showing connections and gaps in the national network.
Sean is a Toronto-based geographer and writer, focusing on public transportation, pedestrian safety, and local politics. His writings on local and intercity transportation have appeared in The Guardian, Spacing, and TVO.org.
Our guest speakers will be followed by a general discussion of Alto HSR – formerly High Frequency Rail – including VIA’s promise that Kingston would become a regional hub for passenger rail and how we can advocate for service improvements before 2042.
The public meeting will be followed by our Annual General Meetings. The business portions of the meeting, for members in good standing, follows from 3:00 to 3:45 pm for Transport Action Canada and 3:45 to 4:30 pm for Transport Action Ontario. Members will be sent separate Zoom links for each of these sessions.
Photo: VIA Rail Renaissance and Venture trains with passengers arriving from Montreal. Keira Clarke.