"The CEO of Via Rail says the Crown corporation wants to use refurbished rail cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal.
Mario Péloquin made the comments after a ceremony marking the completion of renovations to Via's Halifax station.
Péloquin also noted that last year was the 120th anniversary of The Ocean — the train from Montreal to Halifax inaugurated in July 1904.
The CEO says the federal government has committed to renewing the corporation's entire Canadian fleet within ten years.
And in the interim, Péloquin says there are plans to refurbish stainless steel cars that are being retired in Central Canada for use in the Atlantic region.
But Péloquin says he doesn't know yet whether the refurbished cars will be enough to restore daily service to the Halifax-Montreal line, which currently runs three times a week."
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VIA Rail is moving forward. As a reminder of our journey and the progress we have made as an organization, we provide Annual and Quarterly reports as well as various publications that reflect the initiatives we have undertaken over the years.
Annual public meeting
At VIA Rail, we engage with the public through annual public meetings during which our leadership presents our annual performance, financial results, and plans for the future.
VIA Rail's 2025 Annual Public Meeting
Listen to our 2025 Annual Public Meeting, which will be aired on August 21, 2025, at 4 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on our YouTube channel and Facebook page.
As part of the pre-recorded session, VIA Rail will report to Canadians on its performance, financial results, and projects for 2024, a transformative year marked by significant milestones in its major modernization projects, including the announced funding for the replacement of the Corporation’s pan-Canadian fleet in the federal budget.
It will also be an opportunity to look ahead to VIA Rail's future, including a discussion of the next steps in the Strategic Plan VIAction 2030, which was unveiled earlier in 2024.
The question submission period is now over.
We received your questions, and answers to the most frequent ones will be published on this page on August 21, 2025.
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