VIAFast to cut journey times

By CMAJ 2003-03-01T11:00:00

CANADIAN Transport Minister David Collenette suggested in January that VIA Rail could be operating high speed passenger services between Montréal, Ottawa and Toronto within five years. He believes Ottawa - Montréal journey times could be cut to 75min and Ottawa - Toronto to 2h 15min.

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