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Other proposed routes include international high-speed rail link between Montreal and Boston or New York City discussed by regional leaders, though little progress has been made; [2] [3] [4] On April 10, 2008, an advocacy group, High Speed Rail Canada, [5] was formed to promote and educate Canadians on the benefits of high-speed rail in Canada. [6]
Via Rail Canada Inc. (reporting mark VIA) (/ ˈ v iː ə /), operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada. As of December 2023, Via Rail operates 406 trains per week across eight Canadian provinces and 12,500 kilometres (7,800 mi) of track, 97 ...
The Montreal Metro is Canada's second-busiest rail transit system. Drawing inspiration from the Paris Métro , it uses rubber-tired metro technology, the only such system in Canada. The 69.2-kilometre (43.0 mi) system has 68 stations on four lines, which serve the north, east, and central portions of the Island of Montreal , as well as the ...
The union that represents workers at both of Canada's largest freight railroads has filed the lawsuits it had promised challenging the orders that forced employees back to work and got the trains ...
In the first half of the year, rail transport accounted for about 14% of the total bilateral trade of $382.4 billion between the U.S. Canada, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Initial funding for ViaFast was provided on 24 October 2003 when Collenette announced the new $700 million "Renaissance II" infrastructure program, stating that Renaissance II "will provide for faster, more frequent and more reliable passenger service across Canada and will preserve the option for higher speed rail, such as the Via Fast ...
All of Canada’s freight handled by rail — worth more than $1 billion Canadian (US$730 million) a day and adding up to more than 375 million tons of freight last year — stopped Thursday along ...
Following the arrival of the tracks at Skeena Crossing in March 1912, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) was offering passenger service from Prince Rupert to Hazelton with a ferry across the Skeena. [8] By 1913, Rose Lake was a temporary terminal station location. [9] In October 1913, the first passenger train arrived at Smithers. [10] [11]