News photo: VIA Renaissance cars return

News photo: VIA Renaissance cars return

By David Lassen | August 31, 2021

British-built cars had been idled during pandemic

Passenger train with blue and yellow cars
VIA Rail Canada train No. 37 passes the Turcott Interchange in Montreal on Aug. 30, 2021. (Michael Berry)

MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada further increased service in its Windsor, Ont.-Quebec City corridor as of Monday, Aug. 30, bringing corridor service close to 100% of pre-pandemic levels. The schedule restorations mean VIA’s British-built Renaissance trainsets are back in operation in Ottawa-Quebec City service for the first time in a year and half, as seen by Quebec City-Ottawa train No. 37, with an F40 and seven Renaissance cars, on Monday. — Michael Berry

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