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<span>Sponsorship scandal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sponsorship_scandal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Increasing_problems_and_reinstated_funding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Increasing_problems_and_reinstated_funding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>Increasing problems and reinstated funding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Increasing_problems_and_reinstated_funding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>2010s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Service_improvements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Service_improvements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>Service improvements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Service_improvements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2020s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>2020s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Insignia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Insignia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Insignia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Insignia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Budget_and_management" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Budget_and_management"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Budget and management</span> </div> 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#On_board"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>On board</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-On_board-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Amenities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Amenities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Amenities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Amenities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accessibility_and_safety_concerns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accessibility_and_safety_concerns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Accessibility and safety concerns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accessibility_and_safety_concerns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Routes_and_connections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail" title="Via Rail – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Via Rail" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail_Canada" title="Via Rail Canada – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Via Rail Canada" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail_Canada" title="VIA Rail Canada – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="VIA Rail Canada" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail" title="VIA Rail – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="VIA Rail" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail_Canada" title="Via Rail Canada – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Via Rail Canada" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail_Canada" title="VIA Rail Canada – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="VIA Rail Canada" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail" title="VIA Rail – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="VIA Rail" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail_Canada" title="Via Rail Canada – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Via Rail Canada" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_%EC%B2%A0%EB%8F%84" title="VIA 철도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="VIA 철도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail_Canada" title="Via Rail Canada – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Via Rail Canada" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail" title="VIA Rail – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="VIA Rail" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail" title="Via Rail – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Via Rail" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail" title="Via Rail – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Via Rail" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail" title="VIA Rail – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="VIA Rail" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA%E9%89%84%E9%81%93" title="VIA鉄道 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="VIA鉄道" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail" title="VIA Rail – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="VIA Rail" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail_Canada" title="VIA Rail Canada – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="VIA Rail Canada" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail" title="VIA Rail – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="VIA Rail" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail" title="VIA Rail – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="VIA Rail" data-language-autonym="Português" 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/VIA_2311.jpg/220px-VIA_2311.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/VIA_2311.jpg/330px-VIA_2311.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/VIA_2311.jpg/440px-VIA_2311.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3830" data-file-height="2873" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The SCV-42 vehicles tested on the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Corridor_(Via_Rail)" title="Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (Via Rail)">Quebec City–Windsor Corridor</a> at the Toronto Maintenance Facility in 2024.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Crown_corporation" title="Crown corporation">Crown corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport" title="Rail transport">Rail transport</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">January 12, 1977<span class="noprint">; 48 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1977-01-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Place_Ville_Marie" title="Place Ville Marie">Place Ville Marie</a>, <div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, Quebec</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">Canada</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/VIANetworkMap2019.png/500px-VIANetworkMap2019.png 2x" data-file-width="3973" data-file-height="1993" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Geographic map of the Via Rail system</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations called at</th><td class="infobox-data">378<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">Reporting mark</a></th><td class="infobox-data">VIA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1977–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">Passenger services operated by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a>, as well as other smaller companies</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">12,500 kilometres (7,800 mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Via Rail Canada Inc.</b> (<a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">reporting mark</a> <b>VIA</b>) (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>), <a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">operating as</a> <b>Via Rail</b> or <b>Via</b> (stylized as <b>VIA Rail</b>), is a Canadian <a href="/wiki/Crown_corporation" title="Crown corporation">Crown corporation</a> that operates intercity passenger <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport" title="Rail transport">rail service</a> in Canada. </p><p>As of December 2023, Via Rail operates 406 trains per week across eight <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian provinces</a> and 12,500 kilometres (7,800 mi) of track, 97 percent of which is owned and maintained by other railway companies, mostly by <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a> (CN). Via Rail carried approximately 4.1 million passengers in 2023, 96 percent of which were along the <i><a href="/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Corridor_(Via_Rail)" title="Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (Via Rail)">Corridor</a></i> routes connecting the major cities of the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Corridor" title="Quebec City–Windsor Corridor">Quebec City–Windsor Corridor</a>, and had an on-time performance of 85.4 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-ar2023_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ar2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attracting international tourism forms an important part of Via Rail's long distance trans-continental services.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Canada" title="History of rail transport in Canada">History of rail transport in Canada</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:19680706_15_CN_Rapido_Pickering,_ON.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/19680706_15_CN_Rapido_Pickering%2C_ON.jpg/250px-19680706_15_CN_Rapido_Pickering%2C_ON.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/19680706_15_CN_Rapido_Pickering%2C_ON.jpg/330px-19680706_15_CN_Rapido_Pickering%2C_ON.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/19680706_15_CN_Rapido_Pickering%2C_ON.jpg/500px-19680706_15_CN_Rapido_Pickering%2C_ON.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1801" data-file-height="1199" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CNR</a> <a href="/wiki/Rapido_(train)" title="Rapido (train)">Rapido</a> train cars in <a href="/wiki/Pickering,_Ontario" title="Pickering, Ontario">Pickering</a>, July 1968. In an effort to attract riders, new train cars were acquired by CN in the 1960s.</figcaption></figure> <p>Yearly passenger levels on Canada's passenger trains peaked at 60 million during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Following the war, the growth of air travel and the personal automobile caused significant loss of <a href="/wiki/Mode_share" class="mw-redirect" title="Mode share">mode share</a> for Canada's passenger train operators. By the 1960s <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a> (CN) and the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a> (CP) found that passenger trains were no longer economically viable. CP sought to divest itself of its passenger trains, but federal government regulators and politicians balked, forcing them to maintain a minimal service through the 1970s, with the government subsidizing up to 80 percent of losses. CN, being a <a href="/wiki/Crown_corporations_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown corporations of Canada">Crown corporation</a> at that time, was encouraged by the federal government and political interests to invest in passenger trains. Innovative marketing schemes such as <i>Red, White, and Blue</i> fares, new equipment such as scenic <a href="/wiki/Dome_car" title="Dome car">dome cars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Budd_Rail_Diesel_Car" title="Budd Rail Diesel Car">rail diesel cars</a>, and services such as <a href="/wiki/Rapido_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapido (passenger train)">Rapido</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UAC_TurboTrain" title="UAC TurboTrain">UAC TurboTrain</a> trains temporarily increased numbers of passengers, reversing previous declines.<sup id="cite_ref-nelligan_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nelligan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4–5">: 4–5 </span></sup> </p><p>These increases proved temporary; by 1977, total passenger numbers had dropped below five million. The decline of passenger rail became a federal election issue in 1974 when the government of <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a> promised to implement a nationwide carrier similar to <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> in the United States. Starting in 1976, CN began branding its passenger services with the bilingual name Via or Via CN. The Via logo began to appear on CN passenger locomotives and cars, while still carrying CN logos as well. That September, Via published a single timetable with information on both CN and CP trains, marking the first time that Canadians could find all major passenger trains in one publication. In 1977, CN underwent a dramatic restructuring when it placed various non-core freight railway activities into separate subsidiaries, such as ferries under <a href="/wiki/CN_Marine" title="CN Marine">CN Marine</a>, and passenger trains under Via Rail which was subsequently renamed Via Rail Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-nelligan_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nelligan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 6–9">: 6–9 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_and_early_years">Formation and early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Formation and early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Discontinued_VIA_Rail_train,_Ontario_Northland_Station,_Cochrane,_Ontario.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Discontinued_VIA_Rail_train%2C_Ontario_Northland_Station%2C_Cochrane%2C_Ontario.jpg/250px-Discontinued_VIA_Rail_train%2C_Ontario_Northland_Station%2C_Cochrane%2C_Ontario.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Discontinued_VIA_Rail_train%2C_Ontario_Northland_Station%2C_Cochrane%2C_Ontario.jpg/330px-Discontinued_VIA_Rail_train%2C_Ontario_Northland_Station%2C_Cochrane%2C_Ontario.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Discontinued_VIA_Rail_train%2C_Ontario_Northland_Station%2C_Cochrane%2C_Ontario.jpg/500px-Discontinued_VIA_Rail_train%2C_Ontario_Northland_Station%2C_Cochrane%2C_Ontario.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2399" data-file-height="1457" /></a><figcaption>A Via Rail train at <a href="/wiki/Cochrane_station_(Ontario)" title="Cochrane station (Ontario)">Cochrane station</a> in August 1978. Earlier that year, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CNR</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">CPR</a> passenger rail service were spun off into Via Rail Canada.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 12 January 1977, CN spun off its passenger services as a separate Crown corporation, Via Rail Canada. At its inception, Via acquired all CN passenger cars and locomotives. Following several months of negotiation, on 29 October 1978, Via assumed all CP passenger train operations and took possession of cars and locomotives. Passenger train services which were not included in the creation of Via Rail included those offered by <a href="/wiki/BC_Rail" title="BC Rail">BC Rail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algoma_Central_Railway" title="Algoma Central Railway">Algoma Central Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Northland_Railway" title="Ontario Northland Railway">Ontario Northland Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec_North_Shore_and_Labrador_Railway" title="Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway">Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway</a>, various urban commuter train services operated by CN and CP, and remaining CN passenger services in <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland</a>. At this time, Via did not own any trackage and had to pay right-of-way fees to CN and CP, sometimes being the only user of rural branch lines.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Via initially had a tremendous variety of equipment—much of it in need of replacement—and operated routes stretching from <a href="/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia" title="Sydney, Nova Scotia">Sydney, Nova Scotia</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Prince_Rupert,_British_Columbia" title="Prince Rupert, British Columbia">Prince Rupert, British Columbia</a>, and north to <a href="/wiki/Churchill,_Manitoba" title="Churchill, Manitoba">Churchill, Manitoba</a>. Over 150 scheduled trains per week were in operation, including transcontinental services, regional trains, and <a href="/wiki/Quebec-Windsor_Corridor" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec-Windsor Corridor">corridor</a> services.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>While Via remains an independent federal Crown corporation mandated to operate as a business, it is hindered by the fact that it was created by an <a href="/wiki/Order_in_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Order in council">order in council</a> and not from legislation passed by <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament</a>. Had Via been enabled by legislation, the company would be permitted to seek funding on the open money markets as other Crown corporations such as CN have done in the past. It is largely for this reason that critics say Via—like <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> in the United States—is vulnerable to federal budget cuts and continues to answer first to its political masters, as opposed to the business decisions needed to ensure the viability of intercity passenger rail service.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roger_Puta_shot_VIA_LRC-2_6903_at_Port_Hope,_ON_in_October_1981_(34282991950).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Roger_Puta_shot_VIA_LRC-2_6903_at_Port_Hope%2C_ON_in_October_1981_%2834282991950%29.jpg/250px-Roger_Puta_shot_VIA_LRC-2_6903_at_Port_Hope%2C_ON_in_October_1981_%2834282991950%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Roger_Puta_shot_VIA_LRC-2_6903_at_Port_Hope%2C_ON_in_October_1981_%2834282991950%29.jpg/330px-Roger_Puta_shot_VIA_LRC-2_6903_at_Port_Hope%2C_ON_in_October_1981_%2834282991950%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Roger_Puta_shot_VIA_LRC-2_6903_at_Port_Hope%2C_ON_in_October_1981_%2834282991950%29.jpg/500px-Roger_Puta_shot_VIA_LRC-2_6903_at_Port_Hope%2C_ON_in_October_1981_%2834282991950%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1449" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/LRC_(train)" title="LRC (train)">LRC</a> in <a href="/wiki/Port_Hope,_Ontario" title="Port Hope, Ontario">Port Hope</a>, October 1981. Via Rail ordered the LRCs in the 1980s to replace its older train cars.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1981, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a>'s government endorsed <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_(Canada)" title="Minister of Transport (Canada)">Minister of Transport</a> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_P%C3%A9pin" title="Jean-Luc Pépin">Jean-Luc Pépin</a>'s plan which slashed Via's budget, leading to a 40 percent reduction in the company's operations. Frequently sold-out trains such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Continental" title="Super Continental">Super Continental</a></i> and the popular <i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic (passenger train)">Atlantic</a></i> were discontinued. The retrenchment of the former reduced Via to operating only one transcontinental train, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Canadian" title="The Canadian">The Canadian</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Via also sought to reduce its reliance on over 30-year-old second-hand equipment and placed a significant order with <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Transportation" title="Bombardier Transportation">Bombardier Transportation</a> for new high-speed locomotives and cars which would be used in its corridor trains. The <a href="/wiki/LRC_(train)" title="LRC (train)">LRC</a> (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) locomotives and cars used advanced technology such as <a href="/wiki/Tilting_train" title="Tilting train">active tilt</a> to increase speed, but proved troublesome and took several years to work out problems (by 1990 only a handful of LRC locomotives remained in service which were subsequently retired by the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/GE_Genesis" title="GE Genesis">GE Genesis</a> locomotives in 2001).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The election of <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mulroney" title="Brian Mulroney">Brian Mulroney</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> government in 1984 brought an initial friend to Via, when several of Mulroney's commitments included rescinding the Via cuts of 1981 by restoring the <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Continental" title="Super Continental">Super Continental</a></i> (under pressure from his western caucus), and the <i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic (passenger train)">Atlantic</a></i> (under pressure from his eastern caucus and then-<a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick" title="Saint John, New Brunswick">Saint John</a> mayor <a href="/wiki/Elsie_Wayne" title="Elsie Wayne">Elsie Wayne</a>). Prime Minister Mulroney's government gave Via funding to refurbish some of its cars, and purchase new locomotives, this time a more reliable model from <a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="General Motors Corporation">General Motors</a> diesel division.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It was during this time on 8 February 1986, that Via's eastbound <a href="/wiki/Hinton_train_collision" title="Hinton train collision"><i>Super Continental</i> collided with a CN freight train</a> near <a href="/wiki/Hinton,_Alberta" title="Hinton, Alberta">Hinton, Alberta</a>, as a result of the freight train crew missing a signal light, resulting in 23 deaths. </p><p>By the late 1980s, inflation and other rising costs were taking their toll on federal budgets and in the Mulroney government's <a href="/wiki/1989_Canadian_federal_budget" title="1989 Canadian federal budget">1989 budget</a>, Via again saw its budget slashed by $1 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> surpassing even the 1981 cuts under Trudeau. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VIA_6501_with_Train_109_at_Regina,_SK_in_May_1982_(32098880841).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/VIA_6501_with_Train_109_at_Regina%2C_SK_in_May_1982_%2832098880841%29.jpg/250px-VIA_6501_with_Train_109_at_Regina%2C_SK_in_May_1982_%2832098880841%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/VIA_6501_with_Train_109_at_Regina%2C_SK_in_May_1982_%2832098880841%29.jpg/330px-VIA_6501_with_Train_109_at_Regina%2C_SK_in_May_1982_%2832098880841%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/VIA_6501_with_Train_109_at_Regina%2C_SK_in_May_1982_%2832098880841%29.jpg/500px-VIA_6501_with_Train_109_at_Regina%2C_SK_in_May_1982_%2832098880841%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>A Via <a href="/wiki/EMD_FP7" title="EMD FP7">GMD FP7</a> leads the <i><a href="/wiki/Canadian_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian (train)">Canadian</a></i> in Regina, May 1982. The <i>Canadian</i> was rerouted in the 1990s, ending service to several cities, like Calgary.</figcaption></figure> <p>Minister of Transport <a href="/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Bouchard" title="Benoît Bouchard">Benoît Bouchard</a> oversaw the reduction in service on 15 January 1990, when Via's operations were reduced by 55 percent.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The privatization of CN rail in 1995 also negatively affected service as it resulted in an effective monopoly, with Via trains having to yield to CN trains.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Services such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Continental" title="Super Continental">Super Continental</a></i> were again discontinued, along with numerous disparate rural services such as in <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Annapolis_Valley" title="Annapolis Valley">Annapolis Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Canada" title="Western Canada">western Canada</a>, and in the corridor. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Canadian" title="The Canadian">The Canadian</a></i> was also moved from its home rails on CP to the northerly CN route (previously plied by the <i>Super Continental</i>). The shift to the less populated route between <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a> severed major western cities such as <a href="/wiki/Regina,_Saskatchewan" title="Regina, Saskatchewan">Regina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calgary,_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calgary, Alberta">Calgary</a> from the passenger rail network and flared western bitterness toward the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Canada" title="Government of Canada">Government of Canada</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The official justification for the rerouting was that the trains would serve more remote communities, but the concentration of ridings held by the Progressive Conservatives along the CN route attracted the charge that the move was chiefly political. <a href="/wiki/Harvie_Andr%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvie André">Harvie André</a>, one of Alberta's federal cabinet ministers who represented Calgary, stated publicly that he did not care if he never saw a passenger train again in his life.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Mulroney cuts allowed Via to consolidate its fleet of cars and locomotives, resulting in a fleet of refurbished stainless steel (<a href="/wiki/Head_end_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Head end power">HEP</a>-1 and HEP-2 rebuilds) and LRC cars, as well as rationalizing its locomotive fleet with GM and Bombardier (LRC) units.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Via was not spared from further cutbacks in <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> government elected in 1993. Minister of Finance <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a>'s first budget in 1994 saw further Via cuts which saw the popular <i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic (passenger train)">Atlantic</a></i> dropped from the schedule, focusing the eastern transcontinental service on the <i><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean Limited">Ocean</a></i>. CP had sold off a large portion of track the <i>Atlantic</i> had operated on and, as Via at that time was only mandated to provide passenger services on tracks belonging to CN or CP, the route was discontinued.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This move was seen as somewhat controversial and politically motivated as the principal cities benefiting from the <i>Atlantic</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> service were <a href="/wiki/Sherbrooke" title="Sherbrooke">Sherbrooke</a>, Quebec, and <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick" title="Saint John, New Brunswick">Saint John, New Brunswick</a>, where the only two Progressive Conservative Party <a href="/wiki/Members_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of Parliament">Members of Parliament</a> in Canada were elected in the 1993 federal election in which Chrétien's Liberal Party took power. The <i>Ocean</i> service which was preserved currently operates on track between Montreal and Halifax running through the lower St. Lawrence River valley and northern New Brunswick. The Minister of Transport in Chrétien's government at the time, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Young_(politician)" title="Doug Young (politician)">Douglas Young</a>, was elected from a district that included <a href="/wiki/Bathurst,_New_Brunswick" title="Bathurst, New Brunswick">Bathurst, New Brunswick</a>, on the <i>Ocean</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> route. A remote Via service to Quebec's <a href="/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9_Peninsula" title="Gaspé Peninsula">Gaspé Peninsula</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Chaleur_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaleur (passenger train)">Chaleur</a></i> was also spared from being cut at this time, despite carrying fewer passengers than the <i>Atlantic</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Renaissance_funding">Renaissance funding</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Renaissance funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:19961012_08_Amtrak_E._Lansing,_MI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/19961012_08_Amtrak_E._Lansing%2C_MI.jpg/220px-19961012_08_Amtrak_E._Lansing%2C_MI.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/19961012_08_Amtrak_E._Lansing%2C_MI.jpg/330px-19961012_08_Amtrak_E._Lansing%2C_MI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/19961012_08_Amtrak_E._Lansing%2C_MI.jpg/440px-19961012_08_Amtrak_E._Lansing%2C_MI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1096" /></a><figcaption>A Via locomotive leads the <i><a href="/wiki/International_(Amtrak_train)" title="International (Amtrak train)">International</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> coaches. The International route was jointly operated by Via and Amtrak from 1982 to 2004.</figcaption></figure> <p>By the late 1990s, with a rail-friendly Minister of Transport, <a href="/wiki/David_Collenette" title="David Collenette">David Collenette</a>, in office, there were modest funding increases to Via. Corridor services were improved with new and faster trains, a weekly tourist train, the <i><a href="/wiki/Bras_d%27Or_(train)" title="Bras d'Or (train)">Bras d'Or</a></i>, returned Via service to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a> for the first time since the 1990 cuts, and a commitment was made to continue operating on <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Island" title="Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a>, but western Canada continued to languish with the only service provided by the <i>Canadian</i> and a few remote service trains in northern BC and Manitoba.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In a significant new funding program dubbed "Renaissance", a fleet of unused passenger cars which had been built for planned <i><a href="/wiki/Nightstar_(train)" title="Nightstar (train)">Nightstar</a></i> sleeper services between locations in the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">Continental Europe</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel" title="Channel Tunnel">Channel Tunnel</a> were purchased and adapted following the cancellation of the <i>Nightstar</i> project. The new "<a href="/wiki/Renaissance_(railcar)" title="Renaissance (railcar)">Renaissance</a>" cars were swiftly nicknamed <i>déplaisance</i> ("displeasure") by French-speaking employees and customers, due to early problems adapting the equipment for Canadian use. Doors and toilets froze in cold Atlantic Canada temperatures, resulting in delays and service interruptions.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New diesel-electric <a href="/wiki/GE_Genesis" title="GE Genesis">P42DC</a> locomotives purchased from <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> (GE) allowed the withdrawal of older locomotives, including remaining LRCs. LRC passenger cars were retained and continued to provide much of the Corridor service. This expansion to Via's fleet has permitted scheduling flexibility. Additionally, many passenger stations have been remodelled into passenger-friendly destinations, with several hosting co-located transit and regional bus hubs for various municipalities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VIA_66_with_901.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/VIA_66_with_901.JPG/250px-VIA_66_with_901.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/VIA_66_with_901.JPG/330px-VIA_66_with_901.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/VIA_66_with_901.JPG/500px-VIA_66_with_901.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Via Rail <a href="/wiki/P42DC" class="mw-redirect" title="P42DC">P42DC</a> pulling <a href="/wiki/LRC_(train)" title="LRC (train)">LRC</a> coaches towards Montreal</figcaption></figure> <p>On 24 October 2003, federal Minister of Transport David Collenette announced $700 million in new funding over the next five years. This funding was below the $3 billion needed to implement a high-speed rail proposal in the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City-Windsor_Corridor" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec City-Windsor Corridor">Quebec City-Windsor Corridor</a> nicknamed <a href="/wiki/ViaFast" title="ViaFast">ViaFast</a>; however, the funding was intended to "provide for faster, more frequent and more reliable passenger service across Canada... [preserving] the option for higher speed rail, such as the Via Fast proposal," said Collenette. This new project was to be called "Renaissance II".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 December 2003, Liberal <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> (PM) <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a> froze federal spending on all major capital projects, including Via's five-year $700 million "Renaissance II" program announced just six weeks earlier by outgoing PM Chrétien's administration. Critics of Martin's cuts claimed that he was in a conflict of interest as his family through <a href="/wiki/Canada_Steamship_Lines" title="Canada Steamship Lines">Canada Steamship Lines</a> and various subsidiary and affiliated companies had once had a significant investment in the <a href="/wiki/Voyageur_Colonial_Bus_Lines" title="Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines">Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines</a>, an intercity bus line in Quebec and eastern Ontario that was a key competitor of Via.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Routes cut under the Martin government included the seasonal <i><a href="/wiki/Bras_d%27Or_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bras d'Or (passenger train)">Bras d'Or</a></i> tourist train, which ran for the last time in September 2004, and the Montreal-Toronto overnight <i><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(Via_Rail_train)" title="Enterprise (Via Rail train)">Enterprise</a></i>, which was discontinued in September 2005. The Sarnia-Chicago <i><a href="/wiki/International_Limited_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="International Limited (passenger train)">International</a></i> was also discontinued in April 2004 by Amtrak. Via's portion of the route from Toronto-Sarnia remained in operation as Via was able to use their own equipment to operate the train.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sponsorship_scandal">Sponsorship scandal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sponsorship scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sponsorship_scandal" title="Sponsorship scandal">Sponsorship scandal</a></div> <p>The federal <a href="/wiki/Auditor_General_of_Canada" title="Auditor General of Canada">Auditor General</a>'s report released on 10 February 2004 showed what appeared to be a criminal misdirection of government funds intended for advertising to key Quebec-based supporters of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party of Canada</a>. Included in the Auditor General's report was the fact that Via was used as one of several federal government departments, agencies, and Crown corporations to funnel these illicit funds. Forced to act on the Auditor General's report due to its political implications, Martin's government suspended Via President <a href="/wiki/Marc_LeFran%C3%A7ois" title="Marc LeFrançois">Marc LeFrançois</a> on 24 February 2004, giving him an ultimatum of several days to defend himself against allegations in the report or face further disciplinary action.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Several days later during LeFrançois's suspension, former Via marketing department employee <a href="/wiki/Myriam_B%C3%A9dard" title="Myriam Bédard">Myriam Bédard</a> claimed she had been fired several years earlier when she questioned company billing practices in dealing with advertising companies. (According to <a href="/wiki/CBC_News" title="CBC News">CBC News</a>, an arbitrator's report later concluded that Bédard had voluntarily left Via.) She was publicly belittled by Via CEO <a href="/wiki/Jean_Pelletier" title="Jean Pelletier">Jean Pelletier</a> in national media on 27 February 2004. Pelletier retracted his statements but on 1 March, Pelletier was fired. By 5 March, after failing to defend himself adequately against the allegations in the Auditor General's report, LeFrançois was fired as well.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Increasing_problems_and_reinstated_funding">Increasing problems and reinstated funding</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Increasing problems and reinstated funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qualicum_Beach_Station_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Qualicum_Beach_Station_3.jpg/250px-Qualicum_Beach_Station_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Qualicum_Beach_Station_3.jpg/330px-Qualicum_Beach_Station_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Qualicum_Beach_Station_3.jpg/500px-Qualicum_Beach_Station_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Via RDCs at <a href="/wiki/Qualicum_Beach_station" title="Qualicum Beach station">Qualicum Beach station</a>, a stop on <a href="/wiki/Victoria%E2%80%93Courtenay_train" title="Victoria–Courtenay train">Victoria–Courtenay train</a>. The Victoria–Courtenay service was suspended in March 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>The reversal of funding in 2003 led to a backlog of deferred maintenance and left Via unable to replace or refurbish life-expired locomotives and rolling stock. Conversely, Via ridership increased from 3.8 million in 2005 to 4.1 million in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-VIAMoney2007_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VIAMoney2007-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 October 2007, Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Jim_Flaherty" title="Jim Flaherty">Jim Flaherty</a> announced federal government funding of $691.9 million over five years (of which $519 million was for capital projects and the remainder additional operating funding). The capital funding was earmarked to refurbish Via's fleet of 54 <a href="/wiki/EMD_F40PH" title="EMD F40PH">F40PH-2</a> locomotives to meet new emissions standards and extend their service lives by 15–20 years, refurbish the interiors of LRC coaches, reduce track capacity bottlenecks and speed restrictions in the Windsor-Quebec City Corridor, and make repairs to a number of stations across the network.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This announcement was similar in content to the previous "Renaissance II" package, and once again was criticized for not including new equipment or funding for services outside the Windsor-Quebec City Corridor. Shortly afterwards, documents obtained by <a href="/wiki/The_Canadian_Press" title="The Canadian Press">the Canadian Press</a> under the <i><a href="/wiki/Access_to_Information_Act" title="Access to Information Act">Access to Information Act</a></i> revealed that delays due to equipment failures had risen by 60 percent since the previous year. The company attributed this to problems with the aging F40 locomotive fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 January 2009, the Government of Canada's 2009 Economic Action Plan increased funding to Via by $407 million to support improvements, including increased train frequencies and enhanced on-time performance and speed, particularly in the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 July 2009, Via began cancelling all trains in anticipation of an engineers' strike, which officially began at midnight on 24 July. Engineers had been without a contract since 31 December 2006.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (March 2020)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> Full service resumed on 27 July.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An additional strike by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Auto_Workers" title="Canadian Auto Workers">Canadian Auto Workers</a> (CAW) union, representing around 2,200 employees, was planned to begin on 4 July 2010, but was called off after the union and Via reached a three-year contract.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg/220px-Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg/330px-Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg/440px-Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3647" data-file-height="2416" /></a><figcaption>A Via <a href="/wiki/EMD_F40PH" title="EMD F40PH">F40PH-2</a>D in <a href="/wiki/Jasper,_Alberta" title="Jasper, Alberta">Jasper</a>, February 2011. Via's fleet of F40PH-2Ds were refurbished in the late-2000s to meet emission standards.</figcaption></figure> <p>Via experienced more service cuts at the dawn of the 2010s. In March 2011, the daily Victoria–Courtenay <i><a href="/wiki/Victoria%E2%80%93Courtenay_train" title="Victoria–Courtenay train">The Malahat</a></i> RDC service on Vancouver Island was suspended indefinitely due to deteriorating track (it has yet to resume). By 27 June 2012, Via announced additional service cuts due to funding issues: </p> <ul><li>The <i>Canadian</i> was reduced from three days a week to two days a week beginning November 2012; service operated twice weekly November–April and thrice weekly May–October until 2019. In 2019, only two trains per week operated on the full route, while the third train ran only between Vancouver and Edmonton once a week in each direction.</li> <li>The <i>Ocean</i> was reduced from six days a week to thrice weekly beginning October 2012.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corridor_(Via_Rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corridor (Via Rail)"><i>Corridor</i></a> services west of Toronto were reduced, with weekend service reductions to <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottawa, Ontario">Ottawa, Ontario</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cuts2012_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cuts2012-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Corridor</i> services to Sarnia and the Niagara region were reduced to once daily in October 2012, with additional taking effect in July 2012. Sarnia was left with a single daily round-trip.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_Ontario" title="Niagara Falls, Ontario">Niagara Falls</a> lost all service except the joint Amtrak-Via daily <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>-Toronto <i><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_(train)" title="Maple Leaf (train)">Maple Leaf</a></i> service,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although Toronto regional commuter service was later provided by <a href="/wiki/GO_Transit" title="GO Transit">GO Transit</a>.</li> <li><i>Corridor</i> services to Kitchener,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> London,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Windsor<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were reduced starting in October 2012, with at least two daily round trips surviving.</li> <li>In September 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_%E2%80%93_Gasp%C3%A9_train" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal – Gaspé train">Gaspé</a> service, which had been <a href="/wiki/Rail_replacement_bus_service" title="Rail replacement bus service">"bustituted"</a> in 2011, was suspended indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>To address declining on-time performance due to freight train traffic on Via routes, MP <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Chow" title="Olivia Chow">Olivia Chow</a> drafted a private member's bill in 2014 that would reorganize the company and allow the government to force freight rail carriers to give scheduling priority to public passenger rail. However, as with most private member's bills, it was not passed.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Global_News_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Global_News-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Service_improvements">Service improvements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Service improvements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Quebec-Windsor corridor was the focus of service restorations and implements. A direct Ottawa-Quebec City train was restored, with additional trips between Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto being added. In 2016, LRC passenger cars used for the corridor were refurbished; in the Via 1 class, this included single seating. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Via_Rail_Canada_150,_2017_(20170814_170743).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Via_Rail_Canada_150%2C_2017_%2820170814_170743%29.jpg/250px-Via_Rail_Canada_150%2C_2017_%2820170814_170743%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Via_Rail_Canada_150%2C_2017_%2820170814_170743%29.jpg/330px-Via_Rail_Canada_150%2C_2017_%2820170814_170743%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Via_Rail_Canada_150%2C_2017_%2820170814_170743%29.jpg/500px-Via_Rail_Canada_150%2C_2017_%2820170814_170743%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2969" data-file-height="2227" /></a><figcaption>A passenger car adorned in <a href="/wiki/Canada_150" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 150">Canada 150</a> livery, August 2017. For the country's sesquicentennial, Via released a special youth rail pass.</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 2017, Via announced the release of a new category of rail pass valid for the month of July 2017 (corresponding to Canada's sesquicentennial celebrations) for youth aged 18–25, costing $150 (several hundred dollars cheaper than a comparable rail pass would typically cost). A larger than expected response resulted in the temporary loss of functionality for Via's website. Despite plans to cap the number of passes sold at 1867 (the year of <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" title="Canadian Confederation">Canadian Confederation</a>), over 4,000 passes were ultimately sold. The company received significant backlash, as it initially appeared there was no limit on the number of passes available.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Extreme winter conditions had always been an operational hazard for Via, with the Ottawa routes and <i>Canadian</i> being most vulnerable.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Equally, summer repairs and construction often delayed trains systemwide, even though schedules were regularly adjusted in an attempt to minimize delays.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, by 2018, freight traffic on the heavily used CN lines had become a significant concern for maintaining on-time service.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto4_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This issue arose due to typical siding sizes, which were not long enough to accommodate modern freight trains. Passenger trains were consequently placed on sidings whenever two trains passed (rather than freights), which meant that passenger trains did not have priority on CN lines.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto6_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The issue existed in all parts of the Via network, although it became most extreme on the <i>Canadian</i>, where delays increased from an average of five hours to as much as 50 over the four-day journey.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto6_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Via ultimately addressed the issue by eliminating its late policy on its cross-Canada trains but retaining it for the <i>Corridor</i> routes.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto4_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Via continues to compensate inconvenienced guests with necessary hotel accommodations prior to the journey, as well as ensuring continued transportation where a connection to a second Via train had been missed.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, compensation costs were factored into Via's 2018 budget. </p><p>By the end of 2018, the full route time on the <i>Canadian</i> had been increased twice to absorb freight delays.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto4_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second extension – to five days – has been mostly successful in decreasing delays, and also allowed for a daytime transit of <a href="/wiki/Hells_Gate_(British_Columbia)" title="Hells Gate (British Columbia)">Hells Gate</a> in BC, previously transversed overnight in the dark. The scheduled increased running time actually resulted in the <i>Canadian</i> arriving early on several occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Toronto–Vancouver service frequencies were reduced to only twice weekly during peak summer period, with a third Toronto–Edmonton run suspended entirely. [clear] </p><p>On 12 December 2018, Via announced that it had awarded a contract to <a href="/wiki/Siemens_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Siemens Canada">Siemens Canada</a> for 32 train sets to replace the entire Quebec City-Windsor <i>Corridor</i> fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the completion of a procurement process launched following the 2018 federal budget, which allocated funding for the fleet replacement. During the request-for-proposals stage, Via had narrowed the potential suppliers down to Siemens, <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Transportation" title="Bombardier Transportation">Bombardier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talgo" title="Talgo">Talgo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stadler_Rail" title="Stadler Rail">Stadler Rail</a>. Siemens was ultimately selected after finishing first on the key criteria, which included the ability to deliver in a timely fashion, the quality of the product offering, and the price. The new fleet will consist of <a href="/wiki/Siemens_Charger" title="Siemens Charger">Siemens SC-42</a> locomotives hauling a combination of coaches, business-class cars, and cab cars from the <a href="/wiki/Siemens_Venture" title="Siemens Venture">Siemens Venture</a> series to allow bi-directional operation. The trains will be built at Siemens plant in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a>, and Siemens committed to including at least 20 percent Canadian content in the final product. The order includes an option for an additional 16 train sets to be exercised if the federal government approves Via's high-frequency dedicated-corridor project.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first train set is to be delivered for testing by winter 2021, with the first sets in service by 2022 and all trains in service by 2024. The delivery of the new trains will allow Via to retire LRC and Renaissance equipment from the corridor, and re-allocate the HEP2 and corridor-based HEP1 cars to other parts of the network. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SCV-42-2202_pushing_Train_33_through_Michael_St._in_Ottawa_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/SCV-42-2202_pushing_Train_33_through_Michael_St._in_Ottawa_%282%29.jpg/250px-SCV-42-2202_pushing_Train_33_through_Michael_St._in_Ottawa_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/SCV-42-2202_pushing_Train_33_through_Michael_St._in_Ottawa_%282%29.jpg/330px-SCV-42-2202_pushing_Train_33_through_Michael_St._in_Ottawa_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/SCV-42-2202_pushing_Train_33_through_Michael_St._in_Ottawa_%282%29.jpg/500px-SCV-42-2202_pushing_Train_33_through_Michael_St._in_Ottawa_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3356" data-file-height="1888" /></a><figcaption>A Via Rail SCV-42 Charger pushing <a href="/wiki/Siemens_Venture" title="Siemens Venture">Siemens Venture</a> trainsets in 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 30, 2021, Via Rail implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy in line with new <a href="/wiki/Transport_Canada" title="Transport Canada">Transport Canada</a> regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which required all Via Rail staff and passengers aged 12 and older to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel aboard Via Rail trains. Until November 30 a negative COVID test was also considered an alternate to show proof of vaccine prior to boarding.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 9, 2022, Minister of Transport <a href="/wiki/Omar_Alghabra" title="Omar Alghabra">Omar Alghabra</a> announced that the federal government would seek private proposals for operation of the proposed <a href="/wiki/High_Frequency_Rail" class="mw-redirect" title="High Frequency Rail">High Frequency Rail</a> corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Labour union <a href="/wiki/Unifor" title="Unifor">Unifor</a> criticized this move, calling it a first step toward eventual <a href="/wiki/Privatization" title="Privatization">privatization</a> of Via Rail, and launched the Get Canada Back on Track campaign to raise awareness and call for "a legislative framework that protects public, accessible, safe passenger rail and directs immediate public investments" to service improvements.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Insignia">Insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to using commercial logos, Via Rail is one of several Crown corporations that has been granted heraldic symbols by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Heraldic_Authority" title="Canadian Heraldic Authority">Canadian Heraldic Authority</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> was granted on May 15, 2020, and presented by Canada's Chief Herald.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_badge" title="Heraldic badge">heraldic badge</a> was approved for use at the same time as the coat of arms. The badge design follows the design of a law enforcement agency badge in Canada, denoting the responsibilities of <a href="/wiki/Via_Rail_Police_Service" title="Via Rail Police Service">Via Rail Police Service</a>. The Royal Crown indicates that Via Rail has police constables appointed for the enforcement of the laws relating to the protection of persons and property.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A flag was also granted by the Canadian Heraldic Authority. It is black and charged with Via Rail's badge.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Budget_and_management">Budget and management</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Budget and management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Via is operated as an independent crown corporation and receives a subsidy from the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_(Canada)" title="Minister of Transport (Canada)">Minister of Transport</a> to provide service to remote communities. Via operates more than 500 trains per week from coast to coast. The sum of <span style="white-space: nowrap">CA$369</span> million was earned from passenger revenues in 2018. Over 4.74 million passenger voyages were taken in 2018. An on-time ratio of 71 percent was achieved in that year. Over 3,115 persons were employed by Via by the end of 2018. </p><p>Via president Yves Desjardins-Siciliano stated that the subsidy for passenger rail travel in Canada in 2015 was about 200 percent: for every $1 travellers spend on fares, Canada pays $2 in subsidy.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of May 2019, the chair of the board of directors is Françoise Bertrand. The Annual accounts of Via are audited to <a href="/wiki/Generally_Accepted_Accounting_Principles_(Canada)" title="Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Canada)">GAAP</a> principles by the <a href="/wiki/Auditor-General_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Auditor-General of Canada">Auditor-General of Canada</a>, under the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Administration_Act" title="Financial Administration Act">Financial Administration Act</a></i>. As a federal <a href="/wiki/Crown_corporations_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown corporations of Canada">Crown corporation</a>, Via Rail Canada Inc. operates under the <i><a href="/wiki/Canada_Business_Corporations_Act" title="Canada Business Corporations Act">Canada Business Corporations Act</a></i> and is subject to income taxes, should a profit ever be declared by it. The corporation had $9,300,000 in share capital as of 2018. Via also received $394.4 million of government funding in 2018.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_plans">Expansion plans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Expansion plans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Maritimes">Maritimes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Maritimes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Via has explored the introduction of daily regional service in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (connecting <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moncton" title="Moncton">Moncton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Campbellton,_New_Brunswick" title="Campbellton, New Brunswick">Campbellton</a>) to complement the thrice-weekly <i>Ocean</i> service to Montreal. As of 2017, Via's statement was that it was "exploring an eastern intercity corridor service" and that further developments were dependent on infrastructure upgrades and equipment testing.<sup id="cite_ref-CorpPlan_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CorpPlan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Via has also expressed interest in operating commuter rail service on <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CN</a> tracks in Halifax that would run from the city's <a href="/wiki/Halifax_station_(Nova_Scotia)" title="Halifax station (Nova Scotia)">downtown station</a> as far as <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Junction,_Nova_Scotia" title="Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia">Windsor Junction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CorpPlan_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CorpPlan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in June 2019, Halifax regional council voted unanimously to direct staff "not to pursue commuter rail service further ... due to infrastructure requirements and associated financial implications, as well as operational considerations and restraints".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="High-frequency_rail_project">High-frequency rail project</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: High-frequency rail project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Via developed a $4.4 billion high-frequency rail (HFR) service plan as a response to delays faced by sharing tracks with freight trains. The plan opts for a dedicated track between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City, offering more frequent trains (although running at conventional speeds). In Ontario, Via would run a new rail line on currently underused tracks from Toronto to Ottawa through <a href="/wiki/Peterborough,_Ontario" title="Peterborough, Ontario">Peterborough</a> instead of Kingston. In Quebec, corridor trains would travel from Montreal to Quebec City through <a href="/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res" title="Trois-Rivières">Trois-Rivières</a> on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River rather than on the south shore through <a href="/wiki/Drummondville" title="Drummondville">Drummondville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Global_News_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Global_News-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Via claimed this would allow them to run more trains in the corridor, reduce trip times by 25 percent and improve on-time performance to over 95 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Feasibility studies were funded by the federal government in the 2016–2018 budgets, and the 2018 budget allowed for the funding of the fleet replacement portion of the plan, though not the dedicated rail lines.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Contrary to expectations, the 2019 federal budget did not include a final decision for new funds for HFR.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in January 2020 Via announced the hiring of a joint venture of engineering firms AECOM and Arup to undertake a detailed engineering study of the proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Toronto city council passed a motion supporting the project on March 30, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2025, the federal government announced that the VIA HFR project had now become <a href="/wiki/Alto_(high-speed_rail)" title="Alto (high-speed rail)">Alto</a>, a <a href="/wiki/High-speed_rail" title="High-speed rail">high-speed rail</a> network in the <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> - <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Service_suspensions">Service suspensions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Service suspensions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two former Via routes—<i><a href="/wiki/Victoria%E2%80%93Courtenay_train" title="Victoria–Courtenay train">The Malahat</a></i> (service ended in 2011) and <i><a href="/wiki/Montreal%E2%80%93Gasp%C3%A9_train" title="Montreal–Gaspé train">Chaleur</a></i> (service ended in 2013)—are currently suspended due to poor track conditions. Via plans to reintroduce service once track upgrades have been completed.<sup id="cite_ref-CorpPlan_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CorpPlan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Quebec government announced funds for repairs to <i>Chaleur</i> trackage in 2017, with a completion date stated only as being "several years away."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No concrete plan to restore trackage along <i>The Malahat</i> has been announced as of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hudson_Bay_Line_train_viewed_from_the_rail_at_Thompson2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Hudson_Bay_Line_train_viewed_from_the_rail_at_Thompson2.JPG/250px-Hudson_Bay_Line_train_viewed_from_the_rail_at_Thompson2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Hudson_Bay_Line_train_viewed_from_the_rail_at_Thompson2.JPG/330px-Hudson_Bay_Line_train_viewed_from_the_rail_at_Thompson2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Hudson_Bay_Line_train_viewed_from_the_rail_at_Thompson2.JPG/500px-Hudson_Bay_Line_train_viewed_from_the_rail_at_Thompson2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>A Via F40PH-2D leading the <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg%E2%80%93Churchill_train" title="Winnipeg–Churchill train">Winnipeg–Churchill train</a>, November 2012. The service was suspended from May 2017 to December 2018 for track maintenance.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg%E2%80%93Churchill_train" title="Winnipeg–Churchill train">Winnipeg–Churchill train</a> was disrupted by severe spring flooding on 23 May 2017, when the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay_Railway_(1997)" title="Hudson Bay Railway (1997)">Hudson Bay Railway</a> tracks were damaged beyond standard maintenance. Winnipeg–Gillam service continued.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/OmniTRAX" title="OmniTRAX">OmniTRAX</a>, the original owner of the track, refused to make the repairs, saying that the track was no longer viable, despite the matching federal subsidy.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railroad was Churchill's only land link to southern Canada, and its loss resulted in significant cost-of-living increases for residents along the corridor (a stranded train was removed by ship in October 2017).<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Service to Churchill was restored in late 2018, after the tracks, Churchill port, and Churchill marine tank farm were purchased by <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Gateway_Group" title="Arctic Gateway Group">Arctic Gateway Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The federal government assisted in the purchase with $74 million of dedicated northern infrastructure money up front and an additional commitment of $43 million over 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To restore passenger rail service before winter, Arctic Gateway repaired 29 washouts in 35 days. Although a special Via train arrived in Churchill on 1 November, the first regular Via train arrived in Churchill on 4 December, 560 days after service initially ceased.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 13, 2020, following several days of blockades during the nationwide <a href="/wiki/2020_Canadian_pipeline_and_railway_protests" title="2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests">Coastal GasLink Pipeline protests</a>, Via Rail announced that it would be shutting down most of its passenger train service across Canada until further notice, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Sudbury%E2%80%93White_River_train" title="Sudbury–White River train">Sudbury–White River train</a> line and the <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg%E2%80%93Churchill_train" title="Winnipeg–Churchill train">Winnipeg–Churchill train</a> between Churchill and <a href="/wiki/The_Pas" title="The Pas">The Pas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2020, in response to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Canada" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Canada">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, nearly all Via Rail trains were suspended with the exception of the Winnipeg-Churchill train as well as one train daily on each route within the corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with the previous protest-related service suspensions, it is the most extensive temporary reduction of service in Via Rail's history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Travelling_on_Via">Travelling on Via</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Travelling on Via"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Travel on Via varies by region as much as class. Many of Via's policies and protocols are the product of running a national train system with varying pressures and needs of different passengers, communities, and contexts. The results are wide-ranging travel experiences depending on the distance and location of the journey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unscheduled_stops">Unscheduled stops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Unscheduled stops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some Via routes outside the corridor offer the option of unscheduled stops at places where there is no station. With 48 hours notice, a passenger can request to entrain or detrain at a specified milepost. This option is available on all of the Adventure Routes, as well as the <i>Canadian</i> between Capreol and Winnipeg.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classes_of_service">Classes of service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Classes of service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viarailcoach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Viarailcoach.jpg/250px-Viarailcoach.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Viarailcoach.jpg/330px-Viarailcoach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Viarailcoach.jpg/500px-Viarailcoach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Economy-class seating in a Via Rail long-distance coach car, with one fully reclined</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Escape Fare:</b> Discounted seats from economy class, with restrictions on refunds and exchanges.</li> <li><b>Economy</b>: <a href="/wiki/Economy_class" title="Economy class">Economy class</a> seating in coach cars.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Snacks and beverages are sold by employees with service carts, in a lounge car, or in a restaurant car. Free Wi-Fi access is provided in the <i>Corridor</i> and on the <i>Ocean</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-viarail.ca_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-viarail.ca-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chatham_Ontario_VIA_station_and_freight_shed_27.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Chatham_Ontario_VIA_station_and_freight_shed_27.jpg/250px-Chatham_Ontario_VIA_station_and_freight_shed_27.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Chatham_Ontario_VIA_station_and_freight_shed_27.jpg/330px-Chatham_Ontario_VIA_station_and_freight_shed_27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Chatham_Ontario_VIA_station_and_freight_shed_27.jpg/500px-Chatham_Ontario_VIA_station_and_freight_shed_27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Business-class coach on the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Corridor_(Via_Rail)" title="Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (Via Rail)"><i>Corridor</i></a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Business</b>: (formerly called Via 1): First-class seating available on most <i>Corridor</i> trains in southern Quebec and Ontario.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Touring</b>: Available on the <i><a href="/wiki/Jasper-Prince_Rupert_train" class="mw-redirect" title="Jasper-Prince Rupert train">Skeena</a></i> only in peak travel months.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Sleeper Plus</b>: Sleeping accommodations aboard overnight trains. This service class was formerly known as Sleeper in some cases, including on the now-suspended <a href="/wiki/Montreal%E2%80%93Gasp%C3%A9_train" title="Montreal–Gaspé train"><i>Chaleur</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each car has access to a washroom and, optionally, a shower. Access to business lounges where available or the Sleeper Plus Lounge in Halifax is available on departure day.</li> <li><b>Prestige</b>: Available on the <i>Canadian</i> only. In addition to the Sleeper Plus amenities, includes modernized luxurious sleeping accommodations at the rear of the train.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_board">On board</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: On board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Amenities">Amenities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Amenities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VIADiningCarA79.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/VIADiningCarA79.JPG/220px-VIADiningCarA79.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/VIADiningCarA79.JPG/330px-VIADiningCarA79.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/VIADiningCarA79.JPG/440px-VIADiningCarA79.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A Via dining car preparing for the first serving of breakfast</figcaption></figure> <p>Smoking is prohibited on all Via trains. Smoking tobacco has been banned on the <i>Corridor</i> routes since 1993<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this policy was gradually extended to all trains, while smoking <i><a href="/wiki/Cannabis" title="Cannabis">cannabis</a></i> was banned on all Via routes on the same day it was made legal in Canada. The last remaining on-board smoking was permitted in a smoker's lounge on some long-distance routes, only at certain times of day until 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Washrooms are provided for each car. On sleeper cars, every private room has its own separate washroom. </p><p>Food service varies by train. All trains besides the <a href="/wiki/Sudbury%E2%80%93White_River_train" title="Sudbury–White River train">Sudbury–White River train</a> offer snacks, light meals, and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages for purchase. Long-distance trains offer traditional sit-down dining and full meals to sleeper class passengers. Economy-class passengers can purchase hot take-out meals prepared in the dining car on long-distance trains during the peak season, and eat in the sit-down dining car in the off-peak.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Complimentary Wi-Fi service is available in the <i>Corridor</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Via was the first North American transportation service to offer Wi-Fi to its passengers in early 2006, and was one of the first in the world to do so. </p><p>Wi-Fi service has been added to the <i>Ocean</i> train in the service cars,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although connections are unreliable in most places outside urban centres. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Accessibility_and_safety_concerns">Accessibility and safety concerns</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Accessibility and safety concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All Via trains are capable of accommodating wheelchairs, although capacity is limited.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Routes_and_connections">Routes and connections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Routes and connections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Via_Rail_routes" title="List of Via Rail routes">List of Via Rail routes</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viafrequencies.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Viafrequencies.svg/250px-Viafrequencies.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Viafrequencies.svg/330px-Viafrequencies.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Viafrequencies.svg/500px-Viafrequencies.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1075" data-file-height="748" /></a><figcaption>A map of Via Rail routes, showing the frequency of Via trains on it</figcaption></figure> <p>Via operates in the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>. The only province or territory connected to the continental railway network and not served by Via is the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a>. <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yukon" title="Yukon">Yukon</a> have no rail connections to the continental network and thus no Via service. </p><p>Via operates over 475 trains per week over 19 routes, marketed in four broad categories:<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Ontario and Quebec</b>/<i><a href="/wiki/Corridor_(Via_Rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corridor (Via Rail)">Corridor</a></i> service: comprising frequent regional and local trains between major cities in a band from <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Ontario" title="Southwestern Ontario">Southwestern Ontario</a> to <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>. The vast majority of Via's trains – over 400 per week – operate here. Cities served by Corridor trains include <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarnia" title="Sarnia">Sarnia</a>, <a href="/wiki/London,_Ontario" title="London, Ontario">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario" title="Kingston, Ontario">Kingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, and Quebec City. In 2017, corridor service accounted for 95 percent of Via's ridership and 77 percent of its revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-Annual2017_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annual2017-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>The Maritime Way</b>/<i><a href="/wiki/Ocean_(train)" title="Ocean (train)">Ocean</a></i>: providing long-distance service between <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> and the <a href="/wiki/The_Maritimes" title="The Maritimes">Maritime provinces</a>. In 2017, the <i>Ocean</i> accounted for 2 percent of Via's ridership and 3 percent of its revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-Annual2017_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annual2017-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>The Great Western Way</b>/<i><a href="/wiki/Canadian_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian (train)">Canadian</a></i>: providing both long-distance service between <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ontario" title="Southern Ontario">Southern Ontario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Canada" title="Western Canada">Western Canada</a>, as well as essential rail services through <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ontario" title="Northern Ontario">Northern Ontario</a>. In 2017, the <i>Canadian</i> accounted for 2 percent of Via's ridership and 20 percent of its revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-Annual2017_83-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annual2017-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Adventure Routes</b>: Five regional and long-distance routes that offer essential rail transportation in rural northern areas. In 2017, these routes in aggregate accounted for 1 percent of Via's ridership and revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-Annual2017_83-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annual2017-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The routes included in this category are: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasper%E2%80%93Prince_Rupert_train" title="Jasper–Prince Rupert train">Jasper–Prince Rupert train</a> (former name: <i>Skeena</i>) - Alberta and British Columbia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreal%E2%80%93Jonqui%C3%A8re_train" title="Montreal–Jonquière train">Montreal–Jonquière train</a> (former name: <i>Saguenay</i>) - Quebec</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreal%E2%80%93Senneterre_train" title="Montreal–Senneterre train">Montreal–Senneterre train</a> (former name: <i>Abitibi</i>) - Quebec</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudbury%E2%80%93White_River_train" title="Sudbury–White River train">Sudbury–White River train</a> (former name: <i>Lake Superior</i>) - Ontario</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg%E2%80%93Churchill_train" title="Winnipeg–Churchill train">Winnipeg–Churchill train</a> (former name: <i>Hudson Bay</i>) - Manitoba and Saskatchewan</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Unlike Amtrak, which gives every route a specific name, most Via trains are identified only by their route number and destination. The only named Via trains are the <i>Canadian</i> and the <i>Ocean</i>. The five "Adventure Routes" were previously branded as the <i>Skeena</i>, the <i>Saguenay</i>, the <i>Abitibi</i>, the <i>Lake Superior</i>, and the <i>Hudson Bay</i>, respectively, and may still be referred to by these names in local usage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Track_ownership">Track ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Track ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VIA_Rail_Train_60_6355_(6928638070).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/VIA_Rail_Train_60_6355_%286928638070%29.jpg/220px-VIA_Rail_Train_60_6355_%286928638070%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/VIA_Rail_Train_60_6355_%286928638070%29.jpg/330px-VIA_Rail_Train_60_6355_%286928638070%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/VIA_Rail_Train_60_6355_%286928638070%29.jpg/440px-VIA_Rail_Train_60_6355_%286928638070%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>A Via Rail train passes by a Canadian National Railway train. The majority of the track Via operates on is owned by CNR.</figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2017, the mileage makeup of Via's route network by track owner/host railway was as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-CorpPlan_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CorpPlan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>84 per cent: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a></li> <li>8 per cent: <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay_Railway_(1997)" title="Hudson Bay Railway (1997)">Hudson Bay Railway</a></li> <li>4 per cent: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a></li> <li>3 per cent: Via Rail</li> <li>2 per cent: <a href="/wiki/Metrolinx" title="Metrolinx">Metrolinx</a> (<a href="/wiki/GO_Transit" title="GO Transit">GO Transit</a>)</li></ul> </div> <p>In total, about 88 percent of Via trackage is owned by <a href="/wiki/Class_I_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Class I railroad">Class I railroads</a>, 8 percent by <a href="/wiki/Shortline_railroad" title="Shortline railroad">shortline railroads</a>, and 5 percent by government agencies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Connections">Connections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Connections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Niagara_Falls_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Niagara_Falls_Station.jpg/220px-Niagara_Falls_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Niagara_Falls_Station.jpg/330px-Niagara_Falls_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Niagara_Falls_Station.jpg/440px-Niagara_Falls_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_(train)" title="Maple Leaf (train)">Maple Leaf</a></i> train outside <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_station_(Ontario)" title="Niagara Falls station (Ontario)">Niagara Falls station</a>. The route is jointly operated between Via and Amtrak, providing Via riders with a connection to Amtrak stations based in <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_(Amtrak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maple Leaf (Amtrak)">Maple Leaf</a></i>, operating between <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> via <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls" title="Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls</a>, is jointly managed by Via and Amtrak. The train operates using Amtrak equipment, but on the Canadian side of the border is staffed by Via employees and operated as a typical Via train. </p><p>Two other train routes link Canada and the US: the <i><a href="/wiki/Adirondack_(Amtrak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adirondack (Amtrak)">Adirondack</a></i> (Montreal-New York) and the <a href="/wiki/Amtrak_Cascades" title="Amtrak Cascades">Amtrak <i>Cascades</i></a> (Vancouver-<a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>-<a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>). While both of these routes share stations with Via at their Canadian termini, they are fully operated by Amtrak and single-ticket connections to Via trains are not offered. </p><p>Via also has connection agreements with several local and intercity bus operators, car-sharing services, and airlines. Passengers who are flying with some airlines can combine their air and rail trips under the same <a href="/wiki/Record_locator" title="Record locator">record locator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Connections_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Connections-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rolling_stock">Rolling stock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Rolling stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Via_Rail_rolling_stock" title="List of Via Rail rolling stock">List of Via Rail rolling stock</a></div> <p>Via owns 74 locomotives and 501 passenger cars.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples include the <a href="/wiki/EMD_F40PH" title="EMD F40PH">GMD F40PH-2</a> <a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive" title="Diesel locomotive">diesel locomotive</a> and the famed <a href="/wiki/Park_series" title="Park series">"Park"-class sleeper-dome-lounge cars</a> found on the rear of the <i><a href="/wiki/Canadian_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian (train)">Canadian</a></i> and the Jasper–Prince Rupert train. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On 8 February 1986, a <a href="/wiki/Hinton_train_collision" title="Hinton train collision">Via train collided with a CN freight train</a> near <a href="/wiki/Hinton,_Alberta" title="Hinton, Alberta">Hinton, Alberta</a>, killing 23 people and injuring 71.</li> <li>On 20 November 1994, at approximately 18:20, Via train No. 66 travelling eastward at approximately 96 mph, struck a piece of rail intentionally placed on the track at Mile 242.07 of the CN North America Kingston Subdivision, in Brighton, Ontario. A fire erupted and the trailing portion of the locomotive and the first two-passenger cars behind the locomotive became engulfed in flames. Forty-six of the 385 passengers were injured, most while exiting the train in life-threatening conditions. 2 local residents were charged and convicted after an investigation by the local police.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 3 September 1997, the <i>Canadian</i> (train No. 2) from Vancouver to Toronto, travelling eastward at 67 mph, derailed at Mile 7.5 of the CN Wainwright Subdivision, near Biggar, Saskatchewan. Thirteen of nineteen cars and the two locomotives derailed. Seventy-nine of the 198 passengers and crew on board were injured, 1 fatally and 13 seriously. Approximately 600 feet of main track was destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cause was determined to be an axle bearing failure which was detected but erroneously ignored. Via was heavily criticized for a lack of attention to safety.</li> <li>On 23 April 1999, Via train No. 74 travelling eastward at Mile 46.7 on the CN Chatham Subdivision in Thamesville, Ontario derailed after a switch was left open by a CN worker causing the train to jump the tracks and collide with stationary hoppers on the adjacent track, derailing the locomotive and its four-passenger cars. The two engineers were killed and 77 of the 186 passengers injured, four seriously. Approximately 50 m of the main track and 100 m of the yard track were destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 12 April 2001, the <i>Ocean</i> bound for Montreal <a href="/wiki/2001_Stewiacke_Via_derailment" title="2001 Stewiacke Via derailment">derailed in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia</a>, at a manually operated main track switch. A standard CN switch lock used to secure the switch in correct position had been tampered with. The two locomotives and the first two cars continued on the main track, but the following cars took a diverging route onto an industrial track adjacent to the main track. Nine of the cars derailed and a farm supply building, as well as the industrial track were destroyed. Four occupants of the building escaped without injury prior to impact. There were 132 persons on board the train. 22 persons were transported to hospital in either Truro or Halifax. Nine were seriously injured.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to the charge of mischief endangering life relating to the lock tampering.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 26 February 2012, <a href="/wiki/Burlington_derailment" class="mw-redirect" title="Burlington derailment">Via Train No. 92</a> en route to Toronto, derailed in <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Ontario" title="Burlington, Ontario">Burlington, Ontario</a>, killing all three railroad engineers and injuring 46 (three seriously). The cause of the derailment is attributed to the excessive speed of the train travelling through a switch from track 2 to track 3.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Via_Rail_Canada_terrorism_plot" title="2013 Via Rail Canada terrorism plot">2013 Via Rail Canada terrorism plot</a>: In April 2013, two men inspired by <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> were charged with plotting to derail a Via train in the Greater Toronto Area.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, both men were convicted of terrorism-related offenses and sentenced to life imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the two men was mentally unstable and misdiagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Schizophrenia" title="Schizophrenia">schizophrenia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 18 September 2013, <a href="/wiki/2013_Ottawa_bus%E2%80%93train_crash" title="2013 Ottawa bus–train crash">a collision</a> occurred between train No. 51 and a double-decker <a href="/wiki/OC_Transpo" title="OC Transpo">OC Transpo</a> bus that failed to stop at a level crossing in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottawa, Ontario">Ottawa, Ontario</a>. Six people were killed and 31 injured (11 critically), all of whom were on the bus. The impact resulted in the train derailing approximately 100–200 feet (30–61 m) down the track.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 5 July 2018, a train with 16 passengers and five crew members derailed north of <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay,_Saskatchewan" title="Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan">Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan</a>, while travelling from Winnipeg to Churchill. Passengers and crew sustained only minor injuries, but it took several hours for emergency crews to arrive due to the remote location of the incident. Paramedics and firefighters had to wait near the tracks for CN rail trucks to arrive that could transport them to the crash site.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 31 December 2019, a train with five crew and seven passengers derailed and tipped on its side near Katrime, Manitoba. No one was seriously injured.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 23 December 2022, Via shut down its Toronto–Ottawa and Toronto–Montreal corridors amid a winter storm, with nine trains becoming trapped overnight including one on the Toronto–Windsor corridor. Two other Via trains that had departed were ordered to return to station. A tree fell on train 55 from Ottawa to Toronto resulting in passengers being trapped on board for 15 hours; a rescue train was required which coupled onto train 55. Subsequently, a car on a CN train derailed in Kingston shutting down the entire Toronto–Montreal corridor on 25 and 26 December. On 25 December alone Via cancelled 25 trains. Via compensated the hundreds of affected customers with refunds and vouchers.<sup id="cite_ref-TheStar-2022/12/24_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheStar-2022/12/24-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G&M-2022-12-24_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G&M-2022-12-24-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheStar-2022/12/25_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheStar-2022/12/25-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Via Rail </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:VIA_Rail_Canada_Escutcheon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/VIA_Rail_Canada_Escutcheon.png/220px-VIA_Rail_Canada_Escutcheon.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/VIA_Rail_Canada_Escutcheon.png/330px-VIA_Rail_Canada_Escutcheon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/VIA_Rail_Canada_Escutcheon.png 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="419" /></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd>Granted 15 May 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Crest</dt> <dd>A locomotive wheel Or issuant from a coronet erablé Gules.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Per fess Sable and Or, in chief a bar fracted of five pieces Or and in base two bendlets sinister Sable all within a bordure Or.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>Two lynx Or each standing on a sandy base set with a bed of crushed stone Proper.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Via per fines nostros</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> for 'the way across the country')</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Via_Rail_Police_Service" title="Via Rail Police Service">Via Rail Canada Police Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Via_Rail_stations" title="List of Via Rail stations">List of Via Rail stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Via_Rail_rolling_stock" title="List of Via Rail rolling stock">List of Via Rail rolling stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_high-speed_rail_by_country" title="Proposed high-speed rail by country">Proposed high-speed rail by country</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Since the most recent corporate plan was published, the Guelph Subdivision, used by Via between Kitchener and London, has reverted to CN from the <a href="/wiki/Goderich-Exeter_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Goderich-Exeter Railway">Goderich-Exeter Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ar2023-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ar2023_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ar2023_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://media.viarail.ca/sites/default/files/publications/397_034_VIARAIL_ANNUAL-REPORT-2023.pdf">"Annual Report 2023"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 21,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Via+Rail+Canada+Inc.&rft.pub=Canadian+Heraldic+Authority&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gg.ca%2Fen%2Fheraldry%2Fpublic-register%2Fproject%2F3218&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVia+Rail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Via_Rail&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAllen,_Tom2001" class="citation book cs1">Allen, Tom (2001). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rollinghomecross0000alle"><i>Rolling Home: A Cross-Canada Railroad Memoir</i></a></span>. Toronto: <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-88473-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-88473-1"><bdi>0-670-88473-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rolling+Home%3A+A+Cross-Canada+Railroad+Memoir&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-670-88473-1&rft.au=Allen%2C+Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frollinghomecross0000alle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVia+Rail" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGreenlaw2007" class="citation book cs1">Greenlaw, Christopher C. N. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U6-caEo4F10C"><i>VIA Rail</i></a>. Saint Paul, MN: MBI. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780760325292" title="Special:BookSources/9780760325292"><bdi>9780760325292</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/71286639">71286639</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=VIA+Rail&rft.place=Saint+Paul%2C+MN&rft.pub=MBI&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F71286639&rft.isbn=9780760325292&rft.aulast=Greenlaw&rft.aufirst=Christopher+C.+N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DU6-caEo4F10C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVia+Rail" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPindell,_Terry1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pindell" title="Terry Pindell">Pindell, Terry</a> (1992). <i>Last train to Toronto: a Canadian rail odyssey</i>. 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">AMTK</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BNSF_Railway" title="BNSF Railway">BNSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CN</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Corporation" title="Grand Trunk Corporation">GTC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_Railway" title="Kansas City Southern Railway">KCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soo_Line_Railroad" title="Soo Line Railroad">SOO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">NS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">UP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Canada" title="Rail transport in Canada">Canada</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">CP</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">VIA</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Mexico" title="Rail transport in Mexico">Mexico</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Kansas City Southern de México">KCSM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferromex" title="Ferromex">FXE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1956–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Railroad_(1895%E2%80%931976)" title="Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)">AA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad">ACL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Canton_and_Youngstown_Railroad" title="Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad">AC&Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Great_Southern_Railroad" title="Alabama Great Southern Railroad">AGS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_and_St._Andrews_Bay_Railroad" title="Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad">ASAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama,_Tennessee_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad">AT&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">AT&SF</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Auto-Train_Corporation" title="Auto-Train Corporation">AUT</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_and_West_Point_Railroad" title="Atlanta and West Point Railroad">A&WP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_and_Aroostook_Railroad" title="Bangor and Aroostook Railroad">B&AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_and_Maine_Railroad" title="Boston and Maine Railroad">B&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington_Northern_Railroad" title="Burlington Northern Railroad">BN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">B&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_and_Northwestern_Railway" title="Carolina and Northwestern Railway">CAR&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">CB&Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Eastern_Illinois_Railroad" title="Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad">C&EI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_of_Georgia_Railway" title="Central of Georgia Railway">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Great_Western_Railway" title="Chicago Great Western Railway">CGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_and_Midland_Railroad" title="Illinois and Midland Railroad">C&IM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey" title="Central Railroad of New Jersey">CNJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_New_Orleans_and_Texas_Pacific_Railway" title="Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway">CNO&TP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_North_Western_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago and North Western Transportation Company">C&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Railway">C&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Lines_in_Maine" title="Canadian Pacific Lines in Maine">CPME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">CR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinchfield_Railroad" title="Clinchfield Railroad">CRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Southern_Railway" title="Colorado and Southern Railway">C&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessie_System" title="Chessie System">CS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_St._Paul,_Minneapolis_and_Omaha_Railway" title="Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway">CSPM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Vermont_Railway" title="Central Vermont Railway">CV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Wyoming_Railway" title="Colorado and Wyoming Railway">C&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_and_Western_Carolina_Railway" title="Charleston and Western Carolina Railway">C&WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway" title="Delaware and Hudson Railway">DH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad" title="Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad">DL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Iron_Range_Railway" title="Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway">DM&IR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad" title="Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad">D&RGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_South_Shore_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway">DSS&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Toledo_and_Ironton_Railroad" title="Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad">DT&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_and_Toledo_Shore_Line_Railroad" title="Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad">D&TSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Winnipeg_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway">DW&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Joliet_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway">EJ&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">EL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad" title="Erie Railroad">ERIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway" title="Florida East Coast Railway">FEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_and_Denver_Railway" title="Fort Worth and Denver Railway">FW&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Railroad_and_Banking_Company" title="Georgia Railroad and Banking Company">GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_and_Western_Railroad" title="Green Bay and Western Railroad">GB&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_and_Florida_Railroad_(1926%E2%80%9363)" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia and Florida Railroad (1926–63)">G&F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad">GM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Great Northern Railway (U.S.)">GN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_and_Florida_Railway" title="Georgia Southern and Florida Railway">GS&F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad" title="Grand Trunk Western Railroad">GTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">IC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">ICG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Terminal_Railroad" title="Illinois Terminal Railroad">ITC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas,_Oklahoma_and_Gulf_Railway" title="Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway">KO&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_and_Arkansas_Railway" title="Louisiana and Arkansas Railway">L&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_and_Hudson_River_Railway" title="Lehigh and Hudson River Railway">L&HR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">LI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_and_Madison_Railway" title="Litchfield and Madison Railway">L&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad" title="Louisville and Nashville Railroad">L&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_and_New_England_Railroad" title="Lehigh and New England Railroad">L&NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Superior_and_Ishpeming_Railroad" title="Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad">LS&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad" title="Lehigh Valley Railroad">LV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine Central Railroad Company">MEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongahela_Railway" title="Monongahela Railway">MGA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Illinois_Railroad" title="Missouri–Illinois Railroad">MI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee,_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad">MILW/CMStP&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Interstate_Railway" title="Michigan Interstate Railway">MIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas%E2%80%93Texas_Railroad" title="Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad">MKT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_Northfield_and_Southern_Railway" title="Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway">MN&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monon_Railroad" title="Monon Railroad">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Pacific_Railroad" title="Missouri Pacific Railroad">MP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway">M&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Chattanooga_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway">NC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad" title="New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad">NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad">NKP/ NYC&StL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Susquehanna_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway">NYS&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_and_Northeastern_Railroad" title="New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad">NO&NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway" title="Northern Pacific Railway">NP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway_(1942%E2%80%9382)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–82)">NS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Western_Railway" title="Norfolk and Western Railway">N&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Northwestern Pacific Railroad">NWP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad">NYC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Connecting_Railroad" title="New York Connecting Railroad">NYCN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Ontario_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Ontario and Western Railway">NYO&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Central_Transportation_Company" title="Penn Central Transportation Company">PC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad" title="Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad">P&LE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_and_Northern_Railway" title="Piedmont and Northern Railway">P&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">PRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines" title="Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines">PRSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_West_Virginia_Railway" title="Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway">P&WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Company" title="Reading Company">RDG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad" title="Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad">RF&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Railroad" title="Rutland Railroad">RUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quanah,_Acme_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway">QA&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad">RI/CRIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savannah_and_Atlanta_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannah and Atlanta Railway">S&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad" title="Seaboard Air Line Railroad">SAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_System_Railroad" title="Seaboard System Railroad">SBD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Seaboard Coast Line Railroad">SCL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_and_Arizona_Eastern_Railway" title="San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway">SD&AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_International_Railroad" title="Spokane International Railroad">SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island_Railway" title="Staten Island Railway">SIRT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis%E2%80%93San_Francisco_Railway" title="St. Louis–San Francisco Railway">SLSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_San_Francisco_and_Texas_Railway" title="St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway">SLSFTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Northern_Railway" title="Sacramento Northern Railway">SN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_St._Paul_and_Sault_Ste._Marie_Railroad" title="Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad">SOO/MStP&SSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Southern Railway (U.S.)">SOU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Southern Pacific Railroad">SP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_Railway" title="Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway">SP&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway">SSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Central_Railway" title="Tennessee Central Railway">TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Kansas City Southern de México">TFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Mexican_Railway" title="Texas Mexican Railway">TM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_New_Orleans_Railroad" title="Texas and New Orleans Railroad">T&NO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Texas and Pacific Railway">T&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Peoria_and_Western_Railway" title="Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway">TP&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginian_Railway" title="Virginian Railway">VGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Railway_of_Alabama" title="Western Railway of Alabama">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_Railroad" title="Wabash Railroad">WAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Central_Railway_(1897%E2%80%931954)" title="Wisconsin Central Railway (1897–1954)">WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maryland_Railway" title="Western Maryland Railway">WM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pacific_Railroad" title="Western Pacific Railroad">WP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">pre-1956</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway">AB&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Coast_Railroad" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad">AB&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Railroad" title="Atlantic City Railroad">AC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_and_Danville_Railway" title="Atlantic and Danville Railway">A&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">A&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte,_Anaconda_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway">BA&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Chesapeake_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway">BC&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennecott_Utah_Copper_rail_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennecott Utah Copper rail line">B&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington-Rock_Island_Railroad" title="Burlington-Rock Island Railroad">BRI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_Rochester_and_Pittsburgh_Railway" title="Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway">BR&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Susquehanna_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad">B&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Sour_Lake_and_Western_Railway" title="Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway">BSL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">C&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Akron_and_Columbus_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway">CA&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_and_Coke_Railway" title="Coal and Coke Railway">C&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway">CCC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Chicago and Atlantic Railway">C&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway" title="Columbus and Greenville Railway">C&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Hamilton_and_Dayton_Railway_(1846%E2%80%931917)" title="Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1846–1917)">CH&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Cambria and Indiana Railroad">C&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Northern_Railroad_(1894%E2%80%931938)" title="Cincinnati Northern Railroad (1894–1938)">CINN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Indiana_and_Southern_Railroad" title="Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad">CI&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Indianapolis_and_Western_Railroad" title="Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad">CI&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Lebanon_and_Northern_Railway" title="Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway">CL&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Midland_Railway" title="Colorado Midland Railway">CM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee_and_Puget_Sound_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway">CM&PS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_New_England_Railway" title="Central New England Railway">CNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">CNNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Northern_Railway" title="Canadian Northern Railway">CNOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Peoria_and_St._Louis_Railroad" title="Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad">CP&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Lines_in_Vermont" title="Canadian Pacific Lines in Vermont">CPVT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Gulf_Railway" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway">CRI&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_River_and_Northwestern_Railway" title="Copper River and Northwestern Railway">CR&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_Pennsylvania" title="Central Railroad of Pennsylvania">CRP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley_Railroad" title="Cumberland Valley Railroad">CVRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Grand_Haven_and_Milwaukee_Railway" title="Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway">DGH&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_and_Iron_Range_Railroad" title="Duluth and Iron Range Railroad">D&IR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_and_Mackinac_Railway" title="Detroit and Mackinac Railway">D&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Northern_Railway" title="Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway">DM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">DNW&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">D&SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_and_Southwestern_Railroad" title="El Paso and Southwestern Railroad">EP&SW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_and_Crawfordsville_Railroad" title="Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad">E&TH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_and_Cripple_Creek_Railroad" title="Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad">F&CC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fonda,_Johnstown_and_Gloversville_Railroad" title="Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad">FJ&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Smith_and_Western_Railway" title="Fort Smith and Western Railway">FS&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_and_Rio_Grande_Railway" title="Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway">FW&RG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Colorado_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway">GC&SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou,_Brazos_and_Colorado_Railway" title="Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway">GH&SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad">GM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad">GR&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_and_Ship_Island_Railroad" title="Gulf and Ship Island Railroad">G&SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_East_and_West_Texas_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston East and West Texas Railway">HE&WT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_and_Texas_Central_Railway" title="Houston and Texas Central Railway">H&TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hocking_Valley_Railway" title="Hocking Valley Railway">HV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Central_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Central Railway">ICRY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International%E2%80%93Great_Northern_Railroad" title="International–Great Northern Railroad">IGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Mexico_and_Orient_Railway" title="Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway">KCM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Mexico_and_Orient_Railway" title="Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway">KCM&OTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_and_Salt_Lake_Railroad" title="Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad">LA&SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie_and_Western_Railroad" title="Lake Erie and Western Railroad">LE&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway" title="Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway">LS&MS</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/New_Jersey_and_New_York_Railroad" title="New Jersey and New York Railroad">NJ&NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Northern_Railway" title="Nevada Northern Railway">NN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Texas_and_Mexico_Railway" title="New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway">NOT&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Philadelphia_and_Norfolk_Railroad" title="New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad">NYP&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_%E2%80%93_Ada_%E2%80%93_Atoka_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway">OCAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Electric_Railway" title="Oregon Electric Railway">OE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oahu_Railway_and_Land_Company" title="Oahu Railway and Land Company">OR&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Short_Line_Railroad" title="Oregon Short Line Railroad">OSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Railroad_and_Navigation_Company" title="Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company">OWRN</a></li> 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Valley Railroad">Y&MV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1910%E2%80%931929)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929)">1910–1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1930%E2%80%931976)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1930–1976)">1930–1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1977%E2%80%93present)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1977–present)">1977–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Railroads in <i>italics</i> meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight 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