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April Carandang’s Via Rail ticket for the journey from Winnipeg to Churchill. The train left Winnipeg on the afternoon of Dec. 2, 2018, marking the resumption of a service that had been suspended ...
VIA Rail Canada (viarail.ca) wishes to inform its passengers that, for operational reasons, until further notice, trains #693 and #692 will not operate between Winnipeg and Churchill, except for ...
Via Rail has cancelled the Saturday evening train from Churchill to Winnipeg, due to an equipment shortage. Via spokesperson Malcolm Andrews said a defect discovered on at least one of the cars of ...
VIA Rail cars sit at the Port of Churchill on Oct. 16, 2017, next to the MV Nunalik, which will bring them to Montreal. (Katie de Muelles / Winnipeg Free Press) The MV Nunalik had to first unload ...
VIA Rail says about 29,000 people travelled by rail before the tracks were impacted. In 2017, that number dropped to 16,000. The passengers aboard VIA’s Winnipeg-Churchill service are set to ...
WINNIPEG – Railway passenger service has resumed to Churchill in northern Manitoba. Service along the 270-kilometre stretch of track between Gillam and Churchill shut down on June 2 after ...
MONTRÉAL, Nov. 26, 2018 /CNW/ - VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) is pleased to announce that passenger train service will resume in northern Manitoba, between Gillam and Churchill, on December 2, 2018 ...
The VIA Rail Winnipeg–Churchill route takes passengers through some of the most extreme landscapes in North America, ending in Churchill, Manitoba, where polar bears roam.
The trip is like nothing offered on Amtrak in the United States, or elsewhere on VIA Rail in Canada. The train takes a long, circuitous journey through a cold, harsh land, going to a town that is ...
It’s drawing a different demographic to Churchill, too, in young families, said Woelcke. Via Rail passenger traffic to Churchill up 20% – Winnipeg Free Press March 28, 2025 ...
A derailed freight train has forced Via Rail to cancel its passenger trains between Winnipeg and Churchill until further notice. A company spokesperson said the derailment, which happened Monday ...