Year: 2014
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Time to lean on the Regional Districts again
In case you missed it, on Wednesday, VIA Rail announced at its annual general meeting that an agreement with SVI and the ICF had “for all intents and purposes been concluded.” You can see it at their youtube link. Skip to 38:30. The President said it should be signed within the next few weeks and…
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Yes. VIA does say there is a tentative agreement.
It has been a roller coaster ride over the past few days. We had the big high of the announcement followed by a low when VIA categorically denied that any agreement had been signed. Newspaper articles were flying left, right and centre. Yours truly even decided to phone and email Jaques Gagnon of VIA Rail…
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UPDATED: An agreement finally reached! Let the work, and trains, begin! (soon)
Well, today I had the pleasure to attend the Island Corridor Foundation’s official announcement of an agreement between Southern Railway of Vancouver Island and VIA Rail that would bring passenger service back to the Island, and release the funds to repair the track and bridges for both freight and passenger trains. UPDATE: This afternoon media…