Train Service

• Amtrak resuming 2nd daily round-trip between Vancouver, Seattle in March

  Amtrak suspended the route for more than two years at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed limited service with a single daily trip in September. 

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2023
  
• Via Rail’s high-frequency rail project takes another step forward

  Via Rail's high-frequency line would connect Toronto to Quebec City, through cities including Peterborough, Ottawa and Montreal. The project has inched closer to becoming reality.

  Economy

  Nov 1, 2022
  
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• ‘Via Day of Action’ in Cobourg rescheduled for Saturday to return of commuter train service

  The 'Via Day of Action' rally has been rescheduled to Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Via Rail station in Cobourg from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

  Traffic

  Sep 22, 2022
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• GO Train service to extend to London, Stratford, St. Marys come October

  The project will see Metrolinx provide weekday trips between London and Toronto, with one early morning trip to Union Station and one return trip in the late evening.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2021
• Officials tout Peterborough as key part of new Toronto-Quebec City high-frequency rail line

  Peterborough last had a passenger rail service in 1990 but will now be a focal part of the new Toronto-Quebec City high-frequency rail line.

  Economy

  Jul 8, 2021
• All aboard! Via Rail service returns to London

  London was included in three southwestern Ontario rail corridors that resumed service on Thursday.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2020
• CP Rail strike averted for now, unions say

  A rail strike has been temporarily averted after the federal labour minister ordered employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to vote on the company's final offers, just hours before they were set to walk off the job.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2018
• GO Train service to be expanded on Lakeshore corridor and UP Express

  GO Transit is expanding train service on the Lakeshore corridor and the Union Pearson Express beginning next month.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2018
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• Federal government issues ultimatum over broken rail line to Churchill

  The federal government is threatening to sue the owner of a broken rail line that has left people in the northern Manitoba town of Churchill without a land connection to the outside world.

  Oct 13, 2017