10. Canada Canada’s almost 27,000 miles of railway lie, like its towns and cities, in the less gelid southern lands bordering the US. There’s a basic linearity to the main VIA Rail lines, with the ...

Savery Moore and his wife Jan always talked about traveling across Canada by rail. The American couple shared a dream of waking up to the sun rising over the tracks and spending days winding through ...

At 6:15 PM Eastern time on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, I achieved a milestone in my “career” of riding trains. As VIA Rail Train 601 rolled into Jonquiere, Quebec, I completed the adventure of riding the ...

Canada’s passenger operator Via Rail launched a strategic plan earlier this summer. Mark Simmons, Deputy Editor of IRJ, a Railway Age sister publication, talks exclusively to president and CEO Mario ...

I've lived in Toronto for most of my life, and there's something about a train ride that always appealed to me more than a bus or a car. Maybe it's ...

The brief lockout of freight railway workers gave Via Rail Canada trains a temporary reprieve from their second-class status. By Ian Austen If anyone benefited from the short lockout at the Canadian ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Train travel spurs stories and memories in a way that air travel just doesn’t. Maybe this is a simple result of ...