MONTRÉAL, June 20, 2025 /CNW/ - VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) has reached tentative agreements with Unifor's Council 4000 and Local 100, the union representing approximately 2,400 VIA Rail employees ...

In 2023, 4.1 million passengers rode VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) trains, an increase of 815,000, or 24.7%, compared to 2022, marking the agency’s highest ridership since 2019, VIA Rail reported on May ...

Cédryk Coderre was one of dozens of travellers left stranded on a Via Rail train for 10 hours earlier this year. As the government-owned passenger railway struggled with a mechanical failure, ...

At 6:15 PM Eastern time on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, I achieved a milestone in my “career” of riding trains. As VIA Rail Train 601 rolled into Jonquiere, Quebec, I completed the adventure of riding the ...

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While Amtrak struggles to hold its place in America’s transportation industry, VIA Rail, Canada’s national railway system, has found a niche as a tourist excursion. Rather than racing from Point A to ...

What happens when you race a train on a motorcycle? This video takes on the ultimate challenge—trying to beat the Via Rail ...

MONTREAL — Via Rail’s on-time performance hit new lows in recent months, internal documents show, a decline the Crown corporation blames largely on new rules from Canadian National Railway Co. Files ...

If you want to save money on travel, VIA Rail is having a Canadian Black Friday sale. You can get discounts on routes across the country, and some fares are more than $100 off now! It was just ...

Sir John A. Macdonald, the country’s first prime minister, once said that without a railway, Canada was just a “geographical expression.” While Macdonald had the railway built to bind a nation, the ...