Via Rail to bypass Union Station during G20
Canadian News
Via Rail trains will bypass Toronto's Union Station during part of the G20 summit week in a move that will inconvenience thousands of riders.
Source: CBC | Toronto News
Fatal Via crash could have been avoided ex-CN supervisor says
Canadian News
A former CN Rail project engineer says a deadly high-speed Via Rail train derailment in Burlington, Ont., a year ago might have been prevented had CN heeded warnings about an "obsolete" crossover between tracks designed mainly for slow-moving freight trains.
Source: CBC | Toronto News
Via Rail gets strike notice from CAW
Canadian News
The CAW has issued a 72-hour strike notice to Via Rail, meaning workers will be in a legal strike position Thursday, but the union says workers won't walk off the job until June 14 if a deal isn't reached.
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Via derailment report says crew misperceived warning signal
Canadian News
The crew of Via train No. 92 in Burlington, Ont., misperceived a warning signal to stop before their locomotive and five passenger cars were involved in a deadly derailment in February 2012, according to a report released today by Canada's Transportation Safety Board.
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Canada to shut down train disaster company
Canada will shut down the rail operator whose tanker train blew up in a Quebec town last month, killing 47 people, because the firm does not have enough insurance to pay clean-up costs and other damages, a government regulator said today. Ref. Source 8
A double-decker bus and a passenger train collided today in Ottawa, Canada, killing five people, police said.
Fire officials said at least a dozen people were injured, CTV's News Channel reported. "We had bodies and debris pretty much everywhere at the impact site," Ottawa Fire Service's Marc Messier told CTV. Ref. CNN