Via to improve transcontinental schedule by making trip last longer
04 December 2008
Source Link: CBCNews.ca It takes three days and three nights to travel from Toronto to Vancouver by train, but starting Dec. 2 that is going to change. It takes three days and three nights to travel from Toronto to Vancouver by train, but starting Dec. 2 that is going to change. Starting Tuesday, the transcontinental [...]
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Via station makes the most sense
04 December 2008
Source Link: GuelphMercury.com THE GUELPH MERCURY City staff are clearly on track in recommending that council back the downtown Via Rail station as the preferred connection point for GO Transit trains that should be stopping here in 2011. GO Transit will be the final decision-maker — and it will hold a second public meeting in [...]
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B.C. considers southern Vancouver Island commuter rail service
30 November 2008
Source Link: Richard Bercuson, CBC The B.C. government says it is considering upgrading the old E&N railway to create a new commuter rail service for southern Vancouver Island. On Thursday, Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon announced he will commission a half-million-dollar study to look at the options for commuter rail and freight on the historic route. Currently [...]
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Richard Bercuson . East-end rail
30 November 2008
Source Link: Richard Bercuson, The Ottawa Citizen My first reaction to the Christine Leadman-Clive Doucet transit plan unveiled last week was shock. How did they get their hands on my clever, thoroughly researched alternative? Neither had ever been to my home, let alone near my encrypted computer. Then I remembered the time I once shared a [...]
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VIA Rail’s Santa Train tickets go on sale Tuesday
30 November 2008
Source Link: Prince George Citizen The classic tale The Polar Express has nothing on the real thing, a real train at Christmas time that takes kids out into the winter night to meet Santa. Once again the annual Via Rail Santa Train is set to roll. The ultra-popular tickets will soon go on sale and [...]
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Holiday Gift Giving Ideas and Suggestions from VIA Rail
30 November 2008
Source Link: CNW Group ***ATTENTION TRAVEL EDITORS Avoid the last minute shopping rush and frenzy MONTREAL, Nov. 25 /CNW/ – Just in time for the Holidays – VIA Rail Canada would like to make your holiday gift decision-making easier this year. Don’t know what to get the person who has everything or is just too [...]
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