Battered by COVID-19 lockdowns, fatigued rolling stock, fierce competition for station slots and the ubiquitous adoption of alternatives to physical travel, Canada’s publicly owned intercity passenger ...

VIA Rail Canada and Canadian union Unifor have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year contract, averting a strike ...

A VIA Rail Canada train at Dorval Train Station in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, Sept. 27, 2012. As airlines work with rail companies on combined trips, air travelers may find themselves taking part of ...

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 ...

OTTAWA – A senior Via Rail manager says the passenger service has responded to as many as 10 suspicious incidents this year. Marc Beaulieu, Via’s regional general manager for eastern Canada ...

During a meeting with MPs, Via Rail said a mix of problem resulted in scores of cancelled trains and left hundreds of passengers stranded on the tracks overnight.