VIA RAIL CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF THE CANADIAN AND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF PASSENGER RAIL IN CANADA

CNW/ - VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) marked a major milestone today at Vancouver's Pacific Central Station: the celebration of the 70th anniversary of The Canadian, the legendary train that has connected ...

I spent 6 hours in business class on a Canadian train for $200. It was more luxurious than Amtrak trains in the US.

I took Canada's Via Rail from Toronto to Montreal in business class for $200. The train had comfy seats and served meals ...

Here’s when the express trains won’t run between Canada’s biggest airport and Toronto

The express trains won’t be running, but buses will be on the road instead to move passengers between downtown Toronto and ...
Railway Age

Toronto bickers—and builds

As Daffy Duck might plead: Who’s in charge here? Observers outside the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) can be forgiven for viewing the cartoonish rail disputes fracturing Canada’s largest city, a city that ...
Railway Age

Toronto weighs its options

Subway or surface rail? Core city growth or regional approach? Political posturing aside, Canada’s largest city is counting on passenger rail for its future health and growth. For decades, Toronto was ...
Slate

Toronto’s Answer to Central Park Could Be a Massive Victory for Public Space

It’s been three years since Toronto, boosted by its late-’90s amalgamation with its suburbs, surpassed Chicago to become North America’s fourth-largest city. Now it may get a public space befitting ...