HBR derailment halts VIA in Manitoba

[Tom Box [e-mail] [Canadian-Passenger-Rail]]

The Winnipeg Free Press says, "VIA Rail is denying its passenger
service to Churchill has been cancelled for the rest of July."
Read more:
<http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/265877821.html>

See also <http://goo.gl/52k1F3> or
<http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20140627/THOMPSON0107/306279949/0/thompson/via-rail-says-it-will-conduct-a-thorough-safety-assessment-and>
where, a week ago, a Churchill hotel was reported as saying
there will be no train until July 20.

Tom Box
tbox at ncf dot ca
Port Hope, ON, Canada


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Funny how the public and media want answers RIGHT NOW from VIA on when trains will run to Churchill yet no one is asking Omni-Trax officials in Denver on why they have deferred maintenance on the line from The Pas to Churchill, for the last 15+ years.




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