For a group of railway passengers, Churchill, Man. is just two days away.
After months of waiting on track repairs, the people of Winnipeg can once again just hop on a train destined for Churchill.
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This is the first passenger train to travel to the northern community since a flood washed out several portions of the rail tracks in May, 2017.
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VIA Rail says about 29,000 people travelled by rail before the tracks were impacted. In 2017, that number dropped to 16,000.
The passengers aboard VIA’s Winnipeg-Churchill service are set to arrive on Tuesday morning, 1,700 kilometres later.
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