VIA's takeover VIA Rail Canada assumed operation of the train in 1977 and maintained it on CP's original route until moving it to Canadian National's more northerly route, previously served by the ...

The brief lockout of freight railway workers gave Via Rail Canada trains a temporary reprieve from their second-class status.

More evidence of how Amtrak’s equipment is stretched thin surfaced over the weekend when the company was forced to cancel ...

In October, VIA Rail Canada will complete the refurbishment of all 26 of its new business class cars. The rollout is just part of a larger upgrade of VIA Rail Canada's (VRC) business class service, ...

Consequently, within the next ten years, all VIA Rail trains nationwide will undergo replacement. The renewal of the pan-Canadian fleet represents a pivotal moment in VIA Rail’s evolution.

VIA Rail has only two routes that it calls “long-distance” trains, and together they offer only five departures per week, not enough to add up to a single daily departure. One is the Canadian between ...

Canada’s passenger operator Via Rail launched a strategic plan earlier this summer. Mark Simmons, Deputy Editor of IRJ, a Railway Age sister publication, talks exclusively to president and CEO Mario ...

VIA Rail Canada has launched a Request for Qualification (RFQ) to replace its Long-Distance, Regional, and Remote (LDRR) fleet with new rolling stock, both locomotives and cars. The replacement of the ...

It's the latest chapter in a long-running legal saga that began 12 years ago with charges against Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier ...

A jury could not reach a verdict for the man concerning the rail plot charge, but found him guilty of three other ...