VIA Rail Resumes Its Normal Activities First Nations' Railroad Blockade Has Ended on the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Routes
MONTREAL, Jan. 6, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - VIA Rail wishes to advise customers that following the clearance of the railway tracks in the Marysville area, all services will gradually return to normal on the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto routes.
Yesterday, a First Nations' railroad blockade in the Marysville area, near Kingston, caused delays and inconvenienced more than 1,000 VIA Rail passengers. Four VIA Rail trains had to stop travelling as a result of the protest. Delays ranging between one to two hours were experienced by VIA Rail customers travelling once the blockade was put in place.
VIA does not anticipate any significant delays to its operations today as a result of yesterday's event.
VIA Rail wishes to apologize for any inconvenience this situation has caused to its passengers. Customers wishing further information may call 1 888-VIA RAIL (842-7245).
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As Canada's national rail passenger service, VIA Rail Canada's (www.viarail.ca) mandate is to provide safe, efficient, cost-effective passenger transportation in the country's two official languages. VIA operates intercity, regional and transcontinental trains linking 450 communities across its 12,500-kilometer route network. Recipient of the RAC's Safety Award in 2012 for the 11th time in 12 years, and of the 2012 Agent's Choice Award voted on by Canadian travel agents and presented by Baxter Travel Media, VIA safely transports over four million passengers annually. Since 2007, the Government of Canada has provided VIA Rail with nearly one billion dollars in capital investment funding. Follow the evolution of current projects at viarail.ca/TransformerVIA.
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