Amtrak Cascades to Begin Second Daily Train Service Between Seattle and Vancouver, BC
29 July 2009
Amtrak Cascades is adding a second daily train between Seattle and Vancouver, BC. The Canadian government announced that they are extending border clearance service for the second train — just in time for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The second train is a pilot project scheduled to begin in mid-August, 2009 and will run [...]
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Rocky Mountaineer: Top Train Experience in The World
29 July 2009
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (July, 2009) – Rocky Mountaineer is proud to announce that two of its rail journeys have been selected by the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) as the most exciting and scenic train experiences in the world. SATW, the world’s largest organization of professional travel journalists and photographers with members in [...]
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Bachelorette Visit a Boost for Alberta
29 July 2009
A perky brunette’s quest to find the sweetheart of her dreams on an American reality television show could translate into a multimillion dollar windfall for Alberta’s struggling tourism industry. On tonight’s episode of The Bachelorette, Vancouver interior designer Jillian Harris rides the rails aboard the Rocky Mountaineer to Lake Louise and Banff, where the iconic [...]
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Via Rail Extends Discount Offer Deadline
29 July 2009
Travellers have two more days to take advantage of a 60 per cent discount off Via Rail Canada trips completed before Dec. 14, a spokesperson for the transportation corporation said this afternoon. The deadline, originally Wednesday, was extended after frustrated customers trying to purchase tickets online or over the phone ran into hours of website [...]
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Rail Line Will Speed Trip to Montreal
20 July 2009
A plan to add a third rail line to the Toronto-Montreal corridor will cut 30 minutes from the five-hour trip. The joint Via Rail and CN announcement – part of a $300 million investment in the Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa region – means building a third line along existing track in four of the corridor’s busiest sections from [...]
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New Amtrak Station Sure to Please
09 July 2009
The ribbon cutting for Durham’s new Amtrak station is a few days away, but grateful passengers, who used the station for the first time Wednesday, said it arrived just in time. The new station is very different from the old one. It utilizes an old building that represents Durham’s past glory as a bustling tobacco-based [...]
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