VIA offers new ticketing option to Go Transit, Airport

VIA Rail Canada and GO Transit join together to offer tickets for GO Transit connections in Toronto which will be available for purchase from VIA Rail, allowing passengers to travel using both services with a single transaction. "Through new kinds of partnerships with other carriers, VIA Rail plans to bring train travel into the future by promoting green travel, offering users greater efficiency and simplicity and also connecting more communities," said Marc Laliberté, president and CEO, VIA Rail Canada. "Today, I am very pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with a partner who shares in our vision, GO Transit." "GO is constantly exploring innovation to provide the best possible service for our customers," said Gary McNeil, president at GO Transit. "Through this partnership with VIA, we offer our customers greater flexibility and convenience." The service will apply to the following routes: * Lakeshore East (Toronto to Oshawa) * Lakeshore West (Toronto to Hamilton) * Georgetown (Toronto to Georgetown) * Niagara Falls (summer service only) Additionally, VIA Rail Canada and Pacific Western Transportation Ltd./Airport Express have partnered together allowing VIA passengers to purchase their train and bus travel to Toronto Pearson International Airport with one single transaction. "VIA Rail wants to offer new solutions to the customers and it is a pleasure to see that we can count on partners like Pacific Western Transportation, who shares the same vision of service, innovation and efficiency," said Laliberté. "We are very pleased that our users will be able to access our Airport Express service through VIA Rail sales channels," said Dean Wright, general manager at Pacific Western Transportation. "We continue to source innovative methods to facilitate travel and promote public transportation".