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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 […]

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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in 2024, all of VIA Rail Canada’s passenger train services outside the Windsor to Quebec City corridor will have to be withdrawn […]

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Winnipeg Union Station seen from the street entrance
Aug 24

VIA Rail announces $80M investment in Heritage Stations

By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus , National News

Between 2020 and 2025, VIA Rail will have invested over $80 million for the renovation of four of its Heritage Stations: Winnipeg Union Station, Vancouver Pacific Central Station, Halifax Station, and Gare du Palais in Québec City. Mario Péloquin, VIA Rail’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Françoise Bertrand, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, […]

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