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.
Continue here with video report.