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[KevinKorell]

CBC, 12/24/22:

 

  Passengers trapped on Via Rail trains running between Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto    

 

 

Hundreds of passengers have been trapped on VIA Rail trains running between Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. Kelly Crowe, who is stranded on a Via Rail train, talks about the ongoing situation.

 

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[CNJRoss]

CTV News, 12/24/22

 

'Unacceptable': Transport minister critiques Via Rail situation as Christmas Day trains cancelled

 

Canada's transport minister took aim at Via Rail on Saturday after some passengers were left stranded overnight on stalled trains following the recent winter storm.

 

Riders have reported being stuck for as long as 18 hours on Via Rail trains. The Crown corporation says several trains on the Quebec City-Windsor corridor have been immobilized or cancelled "due to extreme weather conditions."

 

A travel alert posted on Via Rail's website Saturday says as many as 24 trains have been cancelled.

 

In another update Saturday evening, Via Rail said due to a CN train derailment earlier in the day, all trains between Toronto and Ottawa and between Toronto and Montreal that were scheduled to run on Christmas Day have been cancelled.

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

 
CityNews Toronto, 12/25/22
 

Via Rail announces Boxing Day cancellations on Toronto to Ottawa, Montreal routes
 
Officials with Via Rail Canada have announced trains along the organization’s Toronto-Ottawa and Toronto-Montreal routes will be cancelled on Boxing Day.
 
The news was posted on Via Rail’s Twitter account and on its website Sunday evening.
 
“Due to the ongoing impact of the CN train derailment which occurred on December 24 and led to train cancellations between Toronto and Ottawa and Toronto and Montreal on Dec. 24 and 25, Via Rail is forced to cancel again all trains which were scheduled on these routes on Dec. 26,” the brief statement said.

 
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[CNJRoss]

CTV News, 12/26/22

 

Via Rail says some Toronto-Ottawa, Toronto-Montreal service to resume Tuesday on modified schedule

 

Via Rail says it will be running some trains between Ottawa and Toronto and between Toronto and Montreal Tuesday on a modified schedule after a CN derailment kept train service halted since Christmas Eve.

 

CN said it experienced a derailment on its Kingston subdivision near Grafton, Ont. on Dec. 24, halting all rail traffic, including passenger service. Via Rail cancelled trains on Christmas Day and Boxing Day because of the incident, though Via Rail had also experienced its own issues with a tree falling on a train during the storm, stranding passengers for hours.

 

“Our crews have been working tirelessly around the clock in very difficult conditions to restore the track to a safe and usable state as quickly as possible,” a CN spokesperson said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa.

 

 

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