Rail Travel

• VIA Rail cancels some routes until at least November as COVID-19 crisis continues

  The continuing coronavirus pandemic has prompted the rail service to extend the suspension of service to several routes, affecting Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax and Montreal.

  Canada

  May 7, 2020
  
• Via Rail gets $71M to upgrade service in Quebec, Ontario

  Via wants to build a multibillion-dollar new network of dedicated passenger-rail lines so its trains will no longer have to yield to freight trains on borrowed tracks.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2019
  
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• Hydrogen train to Chilliwack? Group pitches new interurban rail line in Fraser Valley

  A hydrogen-powered train between Surrey and Chilliwack using the old interurban rail line is being floated as an alternative to an expensive new SkyTrain line.

  Apr 5, 2019
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• How black train porters helped birth a multicultural Canada

  Trapped in grueling jobs marked by racism, sleeping car porters still managed to unite to lead a fight for social equality, for all.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2019