VIA Rail Resumes Its Normal Activities – First Nations’ Railroad Blockade Has Ended on the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Routes

MONTREAL – 2013-01-07 — /travelprnews.com/ — 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 in both directions.

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).

About VIA Rail Canada
As Canada’s national passenger rail service, VIA Rail Canada (www.viarail.ca) has a mandate to provide Canadian travellers with safe, efficient, and cost-effective passenger transportation services in the country’s two official languages. VIA operates intercity, regional and transcontinental train services linking 450 communities through its 12,500-kilometre network. Winner of the 2011 RAC Safety Award, VIA Rail safely transports more than four million passengers annually. In 2007, the Government of Canada invested almost a billion dollars in VIA Rail. Follow our transformation on viarail.ca/transformingVIA.

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