Via Rail ramps up service in Ontario, returning it to pre-pandemic levels
Via Rail is increasing service in Ontario, returning the passenger railway to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Via Rail is increasing service in Ontario, returning the passenger railway to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Via Rail is increasing service in Ontario, returning the passenger railway to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ramp-up comes three-and-a-half years after the pandemic brought some operations to a screeching halt, when Via Rail suspended its cross-Canada routes and temporarily laid off more than 1,000 workers.
VIA Rail, the Crown corporation responsible for passenger rail services in Canada, is set to increase its service in Ontario, marking a return to passenger railway levels not seen since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The expansion plan includes the reintroduction of two round trips between Toronto and Ottawa, as well as one round…
No injuries were reported after the derailment, which occurred on the same line as the Lac-Mégantic disaster.