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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 21 March 2018 - 02:19 PM

Railway Age, 3/19/18:
 

Ottawa to buy new trains for busy VIA Rail corridor

 

Canada’s federal government will help fund replacement of VIA Rail locomotives and rolling stock on the country’s most heavily-traveled passenger rail corridor.

 

 

Separately, Transport Canada will also kick in seed money for planning of high-frequency operations in the Quebec City-Toronto Corridor.

 

Minister of Transport Marc Garneau on Monday announced that Ottawa will provide funding for VIA Rail to replace its fleet in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, which accounts for 94% of the operator’s ridership, with 32 new, bi-directional trains.

 

“As it is reaching the end of its useful life, the fleet in this corridor must be replaced to help maintain passenger safety for the next 30 years,” TC said.

 

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Posted 07 December 2022 - 07:48 AM

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Railway Age, 4/22/22

 

VIA Rail Acceptance Testing New Siemens Trainsets

 

Written by Stephen C. Host

 
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VIA No. 688 running extra at the downtown Guelph station on the CN Guelph Subdivision, April 14, 2022. Photo by Stephen C. Host.

 

VIA Rail Canada’s newest arrival, a full Siemens Venture trainset with a Charger locomotive, made a circuit of the Ottawa-Windsor segment of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor on April 13 and 14, 2022.

 

 

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Posted 07 December 2022 - 07:51 AM

Railway Age, 12/6/22

 

Amtrak Siemens Venture Car Headed for Canadian Test

 

Written by Stephen C. Host

 
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During the week of Dec. 5 2022, Union Pacific and CN operated a dedicated train of a single Siemens Mobility “Venture” car from the Amtrak fleet from California to Canada. The coach is destined for the National Research Council of Canada’s rail testing facility in Ottawa Ontario. Pictured is the train passing through Brantford, Ontario on Dec. 3, 2022.

 

This test car is presumably part of acceptance testing for VIA Rail Canada’s fleet of 32 Siemens Charger locomotive/Venture car trainsets for the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor.

 

 

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