Via Rail train service between Toronto and Montreal returns Tuesday after major storm | 24CA News
Via Rail trains going from Toronto to Ottawa in addition to Ottawa to Montreal will return to service Tuesday following the closure of a stretch of monitor on Christmas Day and Boxing Day as a lot of Canada was coping with a main storm.
The rail firm mentioned journeys between Toronto and Montreal would run on a “modified schedule,” which shall be out there on its web site and “communicated to impacted customers as soon as possible.”
More travellers had been stranded over Christmas weekend when Via Rail needed to cancel service alongside the Toronto to Montreal hall. Meanwhile, airports are nonetheless coping with backlogs from delays and cancellations earlier within the week.
On Saturday night, Via cancelled all Sunday journeys alongside that hall. All Monday journeys had been cancelled the next night. Both cancellations had been attributed to a CN practice derailment Saturday close to Grafton, Ont.
Around noon Saturday, Via cancelled numerous Christmas Eve routes as effectively after passengers aboard trains that departed Friday evening had grow to be trapped for hours between stations.
Via additionally reported Saturday that one other 9 trains had grow to be “immobilized” en route, inflicting important delays.
CBC News heard from passengers who had been both stranded on trains or had lastly arrived at their locations after main slowdowns — in some instances almost a full day after their scheduled arrival.
Passengers described cramped situations, out-of-service loos and an absence of meals and water.
