United Rail Passenger Alliance

Vol. 2, No. 12 – June 16, 2005

1. Just a scant 16 years ago, VIA Rail Canada was twice the passenger railroad it is today. There were two magnificent trains between Toronto and Vancouver, including the original CP route of the Canadian. Both the Atlantic and the Ocean operated between Montreal and Halifax. VIA still had the Rocky Mountaineer, and lots more. Today, VIA’s mere skeleton of a system hardly represents the proud Canadian national heritage of a country that was built on rails. Read more…