US EditionVIA Rail plans to use refurbished cars to improve service between Halifax-Montreal
HALIFAX AND MONTREAL, CANADA, JUL 15 – Via Rail will repurpose stainless steel cars retired in Central Canada to enhance the Halifax-Montreal route as part of a federal plan to renew the entire fleet within ten years.
- Via Rail plans to use refurbished rail cars to enhance service between Halifax and Montreal, according to CEO Mario Péloquin.
- Last year marked the 120th anniversary of The Ocean, the train that connects Montreal and Halifax, inaugurated in July 1904.
- The federal government has committed to renewing Via Rail's entire Canadian fleet within ten years, as stated by Péloquin.
- Péloquin expressed uncertainty about whether refurbished cars will restore daily service to the Halifax-Montreal line, which operates three times a week.
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Bradford Today+6 Reposted by 6 other sources
Via Rail plans to use refurbished cars to improve service between Halifax-Montreal
HALIFAX — Via Rail wants to use refurbished rail cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal, but the CEO of the Crown corporation can't say whether doing so will increase the frequency of trains on the line.
·Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada
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The President and CEO of VIA Rail states that the Crown corporation wishes to use refurbished cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal.
·Montreal, Canada
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VIA Rail plans to use refurbished cars to improve service between Halifax-Montreal
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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The President and CEO of Via Rail states that the Crown corporation wishes to use refurbished cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal.
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