Vancouver to Banff: Climbing the Rockies by Rail
28 June 2010
The more I fly, the more I love train trips. It’s not just the rail world’s lack of airport security, cattle-car ambience and gut-wrenching turbulence, but also its sense of pomp and circumstance, its Old World civility. Stations are often grand old edifices where smartly uniformed porters will lug your overweight luggage and station staff [...]
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All Aboard the Canadian Train
28 June 2010
CANADA – Hockey on a frozen pond, a fresh Tim Hortons coffee and a red Maple Leaf. Like legendary musician Gordon Lightfoot, all classic symbols of the true north strong and free. Zipping across the prairies on a spring afternoon, leaving the regal Rocky Mountains behind, is another iconic symbol of life north of the [...]
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Ride the VIA Rail Pride Train to Toronto – Special departures from Windsor, Ottawa and Montréal
28 June 2010
MONTREAL, June 28 /CNW Telbec/ – VIA Rail Canada is proud to be an official sponsor of Toronto Pride Week. As part of the 30th anniversary festivities and in partnership with Conxity, VIA is offering a unique “Ride to Pride” package on specifically designated VIA Pride Trains from Windsor, Ottawa and Montréal.
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Dining on the Rocky Mountaineer is Magnificent
01 June 2010
French-born executive chef Frederic Couton is at the helm of a five-star dining restaurant on wheels A meal on the Rocky Mountaineer train is truly an experience like none other. The coach alone can rival many of the city’s finest restaurants in terms of elegance, grace, comfort and style. The bi-level glass domed coach offers [...]
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VIA Rail Honour Soldiers with Free Summer Travel
01 June 2010
Today, the Honourable Rob Merrifield, Canada’s Minister of State (Transport) and Donald A. Wright, VIA Rail Canada Chairman of the Board, announced the third year of VIA Rail’s Canadian Forces Family Appreciation fares to celebrate the contribution made to the country by Canada’s military personnel and veterans. They were joined at the Ottawa Train Station [...]
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VIA Boss Says Company on Right Side of the Tracks Post-Recession
24 May 2010
OTTAWA — Faster trains, more frequency and punctuality are among the priorities of the new boss at Canada’s national passenger rail service. After a difficult year in 2009, with declining revenues because of the global economic slowdown, Via Rail’s newly minted president says he expects to see ridership levels grow as new investments make train [...]
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