Via Rail wants extra cash selling music, video online
30 November 2008
Source Link: The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Via Rail wants to sell some tracks. The Crown corporation is looking for a business partner to set up a web-based entertainment store so customers can download songs and videos for a fee. The proposal to compete with giants like Apple Inc.’s iTunes store was issued electronically last [...]
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Via Rail launches contest for designers to create new uniforms for employees
30 November 2008
Source Link: The Canadian Press TORONTO — One lucky Canadian designer could be on the fast-track to style stardom with the launch of a contest to create a new look for Via Rail Canada employees. The national passenger rail service is teaming up with the Fashion Design Council of Canada to present the Via Rail [...]
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Change to schedule may increase Saskatchewan ridership on VIA Rail
14 November 2008
Source Link: Memory McLeod, Leader-Post REGINA — Despite more than 20,000 passengers using VIA Rail’s five stations in the province, most are from other provinces. Now the company is hoping that a change in scheduling — allowing passengers in Saskatoon, Melville, Biggar, Unity and Watrous to board during daytime hours — will bring in more [...]
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Gray Line cuts tour schedule and employees
14 November 2008
Expectations of a slow winter prompted layoffs of nine workers Andrew A. Duffy, Times Colonist Gray Line West has cut back its tour schedule and laid off nine of its 119 Victoria staff, citing a challenging tourist season and expectations for a slow winter. The company, which operates year-round sight-seeing tours and charter coach services [...]
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U.S. Travelers Should Take Advantage of Strong Dollar and Book with Rocky Mountaineer Vacations
14 November 2008
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Experiencing a world-class train trip is more attractive now than ever before. With the recent decline of the Canadian dollar, Rocky Mountaineer Vacations’ spectacular rail journeys are even more appealing to U.S. visitors. Guests experience the beauty of the Canadian Rockies while traveling by train between the coastal city of [...]
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Canada by rail
14 November 2008
Rail in Canada is experiencing something of a renaissance. There are good reasons for this. VIA Rail Canada employs a “learning co-ordinator” on some of its trains, a plaid-vested chap who is something of a cross between a pedant and a concierge. For those passengers with the means to afford Rail Canada’s Easterly class, the [...]
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