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VIA Rail Canada held a press conference at its Montréal workshops this week to draw attention to the diminishing availability of its “Heritage” fleet of stainless steel passenger carriages. About 25 out of 200 cars are out of service right now, and spare parts usually have to be fabricated by VIA due to a lack of availability.
The aim of the event was to begin the campaign for the federal government in Ottawa to approve funding for the purchase of new long distance railway carriages. If nothing happens, VIA Rail predicts long distance services will start being suspended around 2035.
Video from yesterday’s Global National (one of Canada’s commercial network prime time news programmes) with a glimpse instead the workshops.
The aim of the event was to begin the campaign for the federal government in Ottawa to approve funding for the purchase of new long distance railway carriages. If nothing happens, VIA Rail predicts long distance services will start being suspended around 2035.
Video from yesterday’s Global National (one of Canada’s commercial network prime time news programmes) with a glimpse instead the workshops.