Ridership up 6.4% Passenger Revenues up 4.9% Funding for High Frequency Rail project The Fleet Replacement Program moves forward MONTRÉAL, Aug. 30, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail ...

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, ...

VIA Rail has begun running buffer cars on some of its aging passenger trains, a safety measure designed to better protect passengers and crew in the event of a crash. Canada’s government-owned ...

Transport Canada has allowed Via Rail to stop using buffer cars on some trains after assessments concluded its 1950s-built passenger coaches meet modern safety standards and pass collision tests. ...

A fleet of new Via Rail train cars has arrived in Windsor, officials announced Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Jacob Barker/CBC) Social Sharing.

A seemingly obscure little news item popped up recently in the rail-fan blogosphere: Via Rail had begun running “buffer” cars at the front and rear of trains using Via’s mid-century ...

Outdated equipment at VIA Rail is beginning to cause travel woes across the country, as many rail cars in the Crown corporation’s aging fleet are decades past their intended lifespan, and that ...