In October, VIA Rail Canada will complete the refurbishment of all 26 of its new business class cars. The rollout is just part of a larger upgrade of VIA Rail Canada's (VRC) business class service, ...

VIA Rail Canada unveiled a $19.5 million program for the reconfiguration of 12 of the stainless-steel passenger cars used on its western transcontinental train, the Canadian, to increase its ...

“We didn’t meet your expectations and for that we apologize,” Martin R. Landry, interim President and CEO of VIA Rail Canada said in a Jan. 10 statement to riders regarding travel disruptions between ...

MONTREAL, Sept. 3, 2025 /CNW/ - As summer draws to a close, VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) is proud to celebrate the success of the Canada Strong Pass. Between June 20 and September 2, more than 50,000 ...

I recently traveled by train in business class in two countries to see how they compared: a Via Rail train in Canada and a Trenitalia train in Italy. I've spent more than 150 hours on train rides over ...

At 6:15 PM Eastern time on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, I achieved a milestone in my “career” of riding trains. As VIA Rail Train 601 rolled into Jonquiere, Quebec, I completed the adventure of riding the ...

Starting Monday, passengers can ride Via Rail trains directly between Toronto and Montreal with no stops in between Canada’s two biggest cities. Via Rail Canada, the country’s passenger train operator ...

Officials in Kingston, Ont., say their city is being excluded by Via's decision to run non-stop trains between Canada's two largest cities.

VIA Rail Canada is taking Wi-Fi mobile, kicking off a four-month test of high-speed Internet service on selected passenger trains in the Montreal-Toronto corridor in partnership with Bell Canada ...