December 21, 2012

Snow Storms in Eastern Ontario and in Quebec. At VIA Rail Canada its business as usual!

Montréal, December 21, 2012 - Despite Environment Canada's snow storm forecasts for Eastern Ontario and the Province of Quebec, VIA Rail Canada will operate according to its regular schedule this Friday, December 21st and Saturday, December 22nd. VIA Rail advises Canadians to use caution when traveling.

Information about the schedules will be updated when necessary on VIA Rail's Facebook and Twitter pages @VIA_rail. Arrival and departure status information is available online for the Québec City - Windsor corridor at Reservia.VIARail.ca.

For more information regarding VIA Rail's schedules or to book a train ticket, travelers can visit viarail.ca or dial 1 888 VIA RAIL (1 888 842 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.