The first VIA Rail cars are loaded onto transport to be taken away from Churchill on Oct. 17. (Katie de Muelles / Winnipeg Free Press) The first Via Rail cars are loaded onto transport to be taken ...

A derailed freight train has forced Via Rail to cancel its passenger trains between Winnipeg and Churchill until further notice. OmniTrax Canada says 13 grain cars from a 50-car load derailed ...

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 ...

For a group of railway passengers, Churchill, Man. is just two days away. After months of waiting on track repairs, the people of Winnipeg can once again just hop on a train destined for Churchill.

After months stranded in Churchill due to a rail line ... (Omnitrax) Via also plans to temporarily cut down its service to northern Manitoba as of Nov. 1. Return trips from Winnipeg to The ...

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 the ...

There is also a community center, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has a radio station that carries national programming or Manitoba programs from Winnipeg or Thompson. My day in ...

but passenger traffic on Via Rail is way up. Travel on the Winnipeg to Churchill line was up 20 per cent last year, totalling 25,948 trips, and is running another 10 per cent higher this year.

Travel to Winnipeg is over $1,000 roundtrip by air. Via's service is suspended indefinitely, with the trainset stranded in Churchill. The suspension of rail service is cutting into tourism ...

Expedition Churchill ... next issue of The Winnipeg Sun's Daily Headline News will soon be in your inbox. To capture the attention of people, the project teamed up with VIA Rail.