VIA Rail Canada needs to improve service and to address some managerial practices, the Auditor General of Canada says in a report issued Friday (Feb. 27). But an audit generally found the company to ...

Lumi is a one-of-a-kind livery for this particular Siemens Venture trainset being delivered to VIA. Meaning “luminosity,” Lumi was designed to stand out, according to VIA Rail, which said it “wanted ...

The brief lockout of freight railway workers gave Via Rail Canada trains a temporary reprieve from their second-class status. By Ian Austen If anyone benefited from the short lockout at the Canadian ...

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, ...

Canada’s passenger operator Via Rail launched a strategic plan earlier this summer. Mark Simmons, Deputy Editor of IRJ, a Railway Age sister publication, talks exclusively to president and CEO Mario ...

VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) expresses its appreciation for the Government of Canada’s announcement regarding the appointment of Jonathan Goldbloom as Chairperson of the Board, effective April 12, 2025.

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VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) has officially initiated the Requests for Qualification (RFQ) process for the procurement of locomotives and railcars intended to replace its Long-Distance, Regional, and ...