Churchill Mayor Fuming Over VIA Cuts
01 December 2009
The mayor of Churchill is fuming over VIA Rail’s decision to cut its service to the northern Manitoba port from three days a week to two. A spokeswoman for the Montreal-based passenger rail company confirmed Monday what has been rumoured for the past several weeks — that VIA will reduce its service to Churchill effective [...]
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Top Honour for Settle Rail Line
01 December 2009
The Settle to Carlisle line has been named the second best train trip in the world by an American news network. Travelling the 73 miles of the line, through some of Yorkshire’s most spectacular countryside, is more thrilling than being a train passenger between Paris and Istanbul on the Orient Express, ABC News claims.
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Amtrak Auto Train Moves Cars Between Florida and D.C. for Disney Fans, Snowbirds
01 December 2009
All aboard on this train doesn’t mean just people. It means minivans, cars and motorcycles, too. To board you have to be packing some serious luggage: every traveller must also be transporting a vehicle. Amtrak’s Auto Train, the only one like it in the nation, has only two stops: one near Orlando, Fla., and the [...]
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Holiday Gift Giving Ideas and Suggestions from VIA Rail
01 December 2009
Avoid the last minute shopping rush and frenzy 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 hard to buy for? With the gift of travel you’ll have them [...]
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Appointment and Reappointments to VIA Rail Canada Inc.
06 November 2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — 11/06/09 — Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird and the Honourable Rob Merrifield, Minister of State (Transport), today announced the appointment of Mr. Thomas A. Bennett to the board of directors of VIA Rail Canada Inc.
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Amtrak Plans Wi-Fi Internet Access on Acela Trains
06 November 2009
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — Amtrak, the U.S. passenger railroad, said it will equip Acela high-speed trains on its Northeast Corridor with free Wi-Fi Internet access next year as part of an effort to attract more riders.
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