A year or so back, to coincide with the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Amtrak began a second daily round trip for their Cascades service between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver by way of Seattle. Any increase in rail service is a good idea, of course, but this one proved to be an instant success…
Like ours, the Canadian government is plowing money into the economy in an effort to create jobs and turn their economy around. More than 100 million of Canadian stimulus dollars are going to VIA Rail, that country’s equivalent to Amtrak. VIA will use the money to refurbish nearly 25% of their passenger cars and to…
A trans-Canada rail trip aboard VIA Rail‘s premier train, the Canadian, is a “must-do” for anyone who really enjoys long-distance train travel. I’ve made the trip three times and heartily recommend it. This is a very popular train, especially from May through October, operating three times a week between Toronto and Vancouver, a 2800-mile journey….
In May of last year, I took Canada’s VIA Rail across the continent from coast-to-coast. This is my account of the 8-day trip, which included a total of four nights on the train. I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, yesterday and just after noon today will be leaving on the start of a rail journey…