Trains

Audit of VIA Rail Canada calls for service improvements

VIA Rail Canada needs to improve service and to address some managerial practices, the Auditor General of Canada says in a report issued Friday (Feb. 27). But an audit generally found the company to ...
Trains

Interim VIA CEO questioned on equipment issues, remote trains

VIA Rail Canada’s interim CEO faced pointed questions about equipment problems and remote service during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday, with equipment reliability issues spurring a resolution ...
Yahoo

Passenger train crashes into 2 semi-trailer trucks in Lower St. Lawrence region, no one injured

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the CN Police Service are investigating following a train collision overnight in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Que. Quebec provincial police said the ...
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Via Rail 'mechanical failure' triggers overnight delays, some 300 riders stranded

The Via passenger rail service faced significant overnight disruptions across eastern Ontario after one of its trains suffered a mechanical failure near Brockville. Passengers aboard Train 669 were ...
Railway Age

VIA’s Peloquin Featured at Next-Gen Rail Systems

VIA Rail Canada President CEO Mario Peloquin is a featured speaker at Next-Gen Rail Systems, the communications, signaling and advanced technology conference presented by Railway Age, and formerly ...