VIA Rail cancels four trains on the Ottawa-Toronto corridor Monday and Tuesday
A VIA Rail train arrives in Ottawa (FILE)
OTTAWA -
VIA Rail has cancelled four trains between Ottawa and Toronto on Monday and Tuesday this week due to an "operational issue impacting the infrastructure owner."
In a statement on Twitter, VIA Rail said that some trips on the Ottawa-Toronto and Toronto-Montreal corridor were cancelled, "due to operational issues impacting the infrastructure owner that are outside of our control."
VIA Rail trains #50, 40, 47, 645, 60, 668, 61 and 67 will be cancelled Monday and Tuesday.
The cancelled routes are:
- VIA Rail train #47: Departs Ottawa at 12:31 p.m. Arrives in Toronto at 5:18 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #645 Departs Ottawa at 2:32 p.m. Arrives in Toronto at 7:03 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #50: Departs Toronto at 6:32 a.m. Arrives in Ottawa at 11:21 a.m.
- VIA Rail train #40: Departs Toronto at 10:32 a.m. Arrives in Ottawa at 2:54 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #60: Departs Toronto at 6:32 a.m. Arrives in Montreal at 11:49 a.m.
- VIA Rail train #668: Departs Toronto at 6:02 p.m. Arrives in Montreal at 10:55 p.m.
- VIA Rail train 61: Departs Montreal at 6:51 a.m. Arrives in Toronto at 12:03 p.m.
- VIA Rail train 67: Departs Montreal at 1:23 p.m. Arrives in Toronto at 6:33 p.m.
VIA Rail's schedule shows four trains are still scheduled to depart Ottawa for Toronto on Monday and Tuesday, and four trains will run between Toronto and Ottawa.
- VIA Rail train #51: Departs Ottawa at 8:26 a.m. Arrives in Toronto at 12:48 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #53: Departs Ottawa at 11:45 a.m. Arrives in Toronto at 4:33 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #55: Departs Ottawa at 3:33 p.m. Arrives in Toronto at 8:18 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #59: Departs Ottawa at 5:49 p.m. Arrives in Toronto at 10:33 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #52: Departs Toronto at 8:32 a.m. Arrives in Ottawa at 1:25 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #42: Departs Toronto at 12:17 p.m. Arrives in Ottawa at 4:57 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #46: Departs Toronto at 3:32 p.m. Arrives in Ottawa at 8:14 p.m.
- VIA Rail train #54: Departs Toronto at 5:32 p.m. Arrives in Ottawa at 10:11 p.m.
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