VIA Rail

Ottawa business leaders on board with feds’ support for Via high-frequency rail project

Ottawa

Official say the Ottawa business community is “clamouring” for better transportation connections to Toronto, Montreal and the U.S.

Infrastructure agency to pitch in to help move along Via Rail project: sources

Ottawa

The federal infrastructure bank is going to put some money behind a few final, financially risky steps in Via Rail’s high-frequency rail project, sources say

Documents show federal push for infrastructure bank to back Via project

Canada & World

Federal officials are pushing the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to back Via Rail’s high-frequency rail project, according to documents tabled in the House of Commons. The

More riders opt for Via Rail’s popular Toronto-Ottawa line over holidays

Ottawa

The train line between Ottawa and Toronto – already one of Via Rail’s most popular routes – continued to draw more passengers over the 2018-19

Via Rail carries 4.4M passengers in 2017, largest growth in a decade

Canada & World

Via Rail had its best performance in a decade during Canada’s sesquicentennial year, increasing its ridership by more than 10 per cent to 4.4 million

VIA Rail adds additional Ottawa-Toronto trains as demand picks up steam

Ottawa

VIA Rail is expanding its service between Ottawa and Toronto amid a nearly 40-per-cent increase in passenger traffic over the past four years. Earlier this

Feds announce $20M plan to renovate Ottawa train station

Construction

The federal government said Thursday it will spend $20 million to install a new elevated and heated passenger platform at the Ottawa train station and

Feds back stage two LRT ahead of formal funding agreement

Ottawa

Ottawa’s stage two LRT is picking up steam with some extra help from the feds. The city will get $45 million for preliminary engineering work