Passenger Trains > GOOD NEWS! Money to be invested in longhaul train car renovation

..but it's not Amtrak.

It's VIA Rail Canada.
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Media Advisory - VIA Rail will announce investment for train car renovation

MONTREAL, April 2, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - VIA Rail President and Chief Executive
Officer Yves Desjardins-Siciliano will join the Honourable Marc Garneau,
Minister of Transport; the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of VIA Rail,
Françoise Bertrand; the Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Bombardier Inc.,
Sylvain Lévesque; and the Chief Operations Officer, Bombardier Transportation,
Americas, David Van der Wee, to announce an investment for the renovation
of a part of VIA Rail's long-haul fleet.

Who:

The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport

Françoise Bertrand, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, VIA Rail

Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, President and Chief Executive Officer, VIA Rail

Sylvain Lévesque, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Bombardier Inc.

David Van der Wee, Chief Operations Officer, Bombardier Transportation, Americas

Date:

Tuesday, April 3, 2018


Time:

2:00 p.m.



Place :

Bombardier Transport
130 230 Rte, La Pocatière, QC
G0R 1Z0


About VIA Rail Canada

As Canada's national rail passenger service, VIA Rail (viarail.ca) and all
its employees are mandated to provide safe, efficient and economical passenger
transportation service, in both official languages of our country. VIA Rail
operates intercity, regional and transcontinental trains linking over 400
communities across Canada, and about 180 more communities through intermodal
partnerships, and safely transports nearly four million passengers annually..
The Corporation has been awarded five Safety Awards and three Environment
Awards by the Railway Association of Canada since 2007. Visit the "About
VIA Rail" section at: www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail

SOURCE VIA Rail Canada Inc.

At Bombardier in La Pocatière, QC

That's along the route of VIA's Ocean in eastern Quebec and the location where Amtrak's Superliner II were built...then shipped to the US to be completed.

Gene -- PLEASE!! Edit your thread title to readers do NOT think you are referring to AMTRAK!!

Thank you!

Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
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> Gene -- PLEASE!! Edit your thread title to
> readers do NOT think you are referring to
> AMTRAK!!

I kind think maybe that's the intent.

I thought it was funny.

Andy

Most of VIA's Budd cars used on the Canadian were refurbished just a few years ago. At least cosmetically. And not just the Prestige cars. Manor sleepers, diners, and some Skylines. The coaches and coach Skyline were looking a little ratty last time I rode in June.

Looking forward to hearing which cars will be renovated/

Press release I saw seemed to indicate that these would all be diesel multiple units for service on the Hamilton-Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa corridor. Specifically there was nothing mentioned to indicate any of this would be for VIA's few long distance trains.

Gordon

gbmott Wrote:
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> Press release I saw seemed to indicate that these
> would all be diesel multiple units for service on
> the Hamilton-Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa corridor.
> Specifically there was nothing mentioned to
> indicate any of this would be for VIA's few long
> distance trains.
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"...an investment for the renovation of a part of VIA Rail's long-haul fleet."



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/18 21:51 by GenePoon.

Ah, I confused this with an announcement a month ago about "Via Rail is finally getting funding to replace its aging fleet on the Quebec City to Windsor line . . . The company wants 32 train sets with 9,100 passenger seats, and fuel-efficient diesel engines that can be adapted for electrified rail infrastructure should it become available. The trains would be “push-pull,” meaning they wouldn’t need to turn around at stations before running in the opposite direction, as they currently do." It sounds like these are two different things, both of them GOOD NEWS! Sorry for the confusion.

Gordon



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/18 06:00 by gbmott.