August 18, 2014

Official Opening of the Overhead Walkway and Central Platform at Cobourg Station

Montréal, August 18, 2014 - August 21^st, VIA Rail invites media representatives to the official opening of the overhead walkway at Cobourg station. Paul G. Smith, VIA Rail’s Chairman of the Board will be attending along with Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, VIA Rail’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gil Brocanier, Mayor of Cobourg, and Mr. Rick Norlock, Member of Parliament for Northumberland – Quinte West.

What : Media Event | Cobourg Overhead Walkway Official Opening

Who :            Paul G. Smith, Chairman of the Board of Directions, VIA Rail Canada
                     Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, President and Chief Executive Officer, VIA Rail Canada
                     Rick Norlock, Member of Parliament, Northumberland – Quinte West
                     Gil Brocanier, Mayor of Cobourg

Date : Thursday, August 21, 2014
Time : 1:30 pm

Where : Cobourg VIA Rail Station
563, Division Street, Cobourg, Ontario

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As Canada's national rail passenger service, VIA Rail Canada (viarail.ca) and its 2,500 employees are mandated to provide safe, efficient and economical passenger transportation service, in both official languages of our country. VIA operates intercity, regional and transcontinental trains linking 450 communities across its 12,500 km network, and safely transports nearly four million passengers annually. The Corporation was awarded seven Safety Awards by the Railway Association of Canada over the last eight years, and was the recipient of the 2012 Agent's Choice Award voted by Canadian travel agents and presented by Baxter Travel Media. Since 2007, the Government of Canada has invested almost a billion dollars in VIA Rail. Read more about our transformation at www.viarail.ca/tranformingVIA.