Travel advisory - Modification of schedule of VIA Rail Service between Halifax and Montréal, effective May 25th

MONTRÉAL, March 7, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - VIA Rail Canada wishes to advise travellers of a schedule change to train #15 travelling from Halifax to Montréal which will come into effect on May 25, 2014.

Train #15 | Halifax - Montréal: Departures will be on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

There will be no modification to the schedule of train #14 departing Montréal: Departures on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

About VIA Rail Canada
As Canada's national rail passenger service, VIA Rail Canada's (viarail.ca) mandate is to provide safe, efficient and economical passenger transportation service, in both official languages of our country. VIA Rail operates intercity, regional and transcontinental trains linking 450 communities across its 12,500-kilometre route network. Recipient of the Railway Association of Canada's Safety Award in 2012 for the 11^th time in 12 years, and of the 2013 Agent's Choice Award voted by Canadian travel agents and presented by Baxter Travel Media, VIA Rail safely transports nearly four million passengers annually. Since 2007, the Government of Canada has invested more than a billion dollars in VIA Rail. Follow the evolution of current projects at viarail.ca/TransformerVIA.

SOURCE: VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Mylène Bélanger,Senior Media Relations Advisor,VIA Rail Canada,514 871-6137 | 1 877 393-8787,[email protected] | [email protected]