Fifth in a Series: In the first four articles in this series, as well as in a separate article that focused on rail transit and tourist railroads in Canada, I described my adventures on rails during a ...

Officials in Kingston, Ont., say their city is being excluded by Via's decision to run non-stop trains between Canada's two largest cities.

VIA Rail has only two routes that it calls “long-distance” trains, and together they offer only five departures per week, not enough to add up to a single daily departure. One is the Canadian between ...

Approximately 2,500 Via Rail workers represented by Unifor have voted overwhelmingly (97.5 per cent) in favour of a strike mandate. This group includes staff in administration, customer service, ...