VIA and E&N

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

"An operating agreement to restore passenger rail service on Vancouver
Island has been signed between Via Rail, the Island Corridor Foundation
and Southern Railway of Vancouver Island Ltd., according to rail
company president Frank Butzelaar.

"However, Butzelaar said the agreements must still be ratified by
each organization's respective boards. Southern railway's board is
not scheduled to meet until August, he said.

"The news comes as the strongest sign yet that rail service along
the EN corridor between Courtenay and Victoria will resume again
after ceasing in 2011 due to concerns with the safety of the track."

Full story at: <http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/news/1.1200705>

That sounds like very good news. Still, after all the false alarms
in the past three years, I'm not totally convinced that passenger
trains will be returning to Vancouver Island.

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


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