VIA speeds up Montreal-Ottawa service

Written by jrood

February 14, 2001 VIA Rail Canada said that as of May 11, travel times on the Montréal-Ottawa route will improve with the introduction of new schedules. Trip times will be shortened by as much as 15 minutes, while arrival and departure times for certain trains will be changed to better suit customer needs.

For
example, the first morning train (train 30) now leaves Fallowfield at 06:14
a.m., Ottawa at 6:38 a.m. and arrives in downtown Montréal at 08:30 a.m., as
opposed to 08:38 a.m. in the past. Also, a conditional stop at Casselman has
also been added for the Saturday morning service between Montréal and Ottawa.

"I
am pleased to see that the government’s strategic capital investments in rail
infrastructure have directly led to VIA providing improved passenger service in
terms of both quality and timing," said the Honorable Rob Merrifield,
Canada’s Minister of State (Transport).

"Making
our train operations more efficient is just one example of changes we are
implementing at VIA to improve our environmental performance and provide our
customers with better service," said VIA’s President and Chief Executive
Officer Marc Laliberté. "We hope that these enhancements will encourage more
people to make a smart and green choice by leaving their cars at home in favor
of the train."

With the
introduction of these new schedules, a train trip between Ottawa and Montréal
can take less than two hours.

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