A federal Crown corporation paid more than $330,000 to an outside marketing firm to rebrand a planned passenger rail project ...

Approximately 2,500 Via Rail workers represented by Unifor have voted overwhelmingly (97.5 per cent) in favour of a strike ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Quebec Premier François Legault and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey are scheduled to announce an energy agreement Thursday that could end decades of friction ...

The new fleet aims to minimise rail travel’s environmental impact while connecting communities across Canada. Credit: Jacqui Martin/Shutterstock. VIA Rail Canada has launched a Request for ...

The end of the line is in sight for the aging fleet of VIA Rail trains across Canada, including the trains that currently serve B.C., Alberta and other provinces in the Prairies and Maritimes ...

“We serve the corridor of course, but the importance of Via Rail is outside of the corridor. If you think of the route that goes from Winnipeg to Churchill, Man., that is in some sections an ...

I was traveling Via Rail Canada’s Ocean route from Montreal to Halifax. The train wasn’t as glamorous as the Rocky Mountaineer, nor was the scenery as grand as the Winnipeg to Churchill trip.

[train whistle blares] On behalf of your service manager in VIA Rail Canada, it's our pleasure to welcome you on board train number 693, en route to Churchill. It's more than 1,600 kilometers to ...

I had made it as far west as eastern Saskatchewan on the way to VIA Rail’s northernmost terminal at Churchill, Manitoba ... the Ocean, Atlantic Canada’s last passenger train. With the exception of the ...

it is the train to Churchill, Manitoba. 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, ...