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Adjusting frequencies on some routes to better reflect customer demand, while maintaining service on all current routes. The agency will focus resources on improving service and attracting more customers to routes where demand is strong and growing. The agency’s unionized workforce is expected to be reduced by about 9%.
Read More →The same law firm led a class-action lawsuit against Via Rail and CN after a derailment in 1999 that killed two crew members and sent 77 passengers and crew to the hospital.
Read More →The Transportation Safety Board of Canada sent a team of investigators to the site of the incident. The cause of the derailment is not yet known.
Read More →The $98.9 million fleet overhaul will fully renew all 98 of VIA's Canadian-built cars and reduce their energy requirements by up to 20 percent. The $5.8 million Renaissance rolling stock project will upgrade 21 cars to offer new levels of accessibility for travelers with special requirements.
Read More →VIA anticipates offering this same service for its trains in Atlantic and Western Canada as a future enhancement and is also in the process of developing a mobile version of this service, which will be accessible by smartphones.
Read More →Upgrades so far on VIA’s network include a $12.5 million investment in the Alexandria Subdivision, between Ottawa and Montreal as well as similar improvements currently underway on the Smiths Falls Subdivision between Toronto and Ottawa.
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