VIA boss aiming to return popular commuter train to southwestern Ontario this fall
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VIA Rail trains 82 and 83 are on track for a return to the Toronto-Brantford-London corridor. On Thursday, a meeting between Canada’s transport minister, VIA Rail, Metrolinx, and southwestern Ontario mayors yielded immediate results for commuters — and a commitment to improve passenger rail across the region.
VIA Rail trains 82 and 83 are on track for a return to the Toronto-Brantford-London corridor.
On Thursday, a meeting between Canada’s transport minister, VIA Rail, Metrolinx, and southwestern Ontario mayors yielded immediate results for commuters — and a commitment to improve passenger rail across the region.
The new President and CEO of VIA Rail, Mario Peloquin, emerged from the round table discussion at Western University with a surprise announcement.
“We are going to renew trains number 82 and 83, most likely in the fall. We have a few little t’s to cross and i’s to dot,” Peloquin told CTV News London.
The decision to cut the two trains was a cost-cutting measure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The route had provided a critical link for daily commuters.
The train arrived in Toronto before 9 a.m. and returned to London in the early evening.
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