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Apr 20

Budget 2024 funds VIA Rail Long-Distance Fleet

By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus

Transport Action Canada is delighted by the federal government’s announcement of full funding to replace VIA Rail Canada’s heritage stainless steel fleet and life-expired Renaissance cars for long-distance and remotes services across Canada. We are also encouraged by the preamble to the announcement, which acknowledged the importance of services across Canada and the growing preference […]

Xavier-Barsalou-Duval MP, Harry Gow, Sylvie Bérubé and colleagues meet at the House of Commons to discuss Northern Quebec passenger train services

Apr 13

Northern Quebec report presented on Parliament Hill

By Harry Gow | Events , Intercity Rail and Bus , Quebec

At the invitation of Xavier-Barsalou-Duval MP, Transport critic for the Bloc Québécois and representative for the riding of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, Transport Action Canada President Emeritus Harry Gow gave a presentation of the report Une stratégie pour le transport ferroviaire dans le Nord-du Québec to three federal MPs on April 11, 2024 at the House of Commons in […]

Christopher Greenlaw at the controls of former FP9A locomotive VIA Rail 6539

Apr 06

Annual General Meeting 2024 and VIA Rail History Presentation

By Transport Action | Events

Transport Action Canada invites all members and supporters to join us for our Annual General Meeting for 2024 on April 27th, with guest presentation VIA Rail: A History of Connecting Canadians by author, historian, and archivist for the VIA Historical Association Christopher Greenlaw. With VIA on the cusp of a new era in the Quebec-Windsor corridor […]

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 […]

Metrolinx CEO Phil Versteer appearing virtually at the House of Commons Transportation Committee via zoom from an office wearing a headset

Mar 15

Metrolinx CEO confirms that HFR will be accommodated at Toronto Union Station

By Adam Mills | Intercity Rail and Bus , Ontario

During virtual testimony to the House of Commons Transportation Committee, Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster confirmed to committee members that Metrolinx is indeed working to accommodate the VIA HFR project at Union Station in Toronto.

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