VIA Rail Ottawa Service Restored

Via Rail service has been restored on the Ottawa-Toronto line.

On Wednesday, a native blockade set up at a rail crossing between Kingston and Belleville caused delays.

 

Passengers from Ottawa en route to Toronto  had to disembark at Kingston and board a bus for the remainder of the trip.    VIA Rail Spokesperson Mylene Belanger said hundreds of passengers were affected. " We can expect  around five trains on the Ottawa-Toronto segment to be impacted, and five others between Montreal and Toronto", says Belanger.

VIA Rail is offering travel credits and full refunds for passengers who choose not to travel.

The blockade was part of  a national  Idle No More protest across the country.

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  A CN police officer holds traffic on CN train tracks in Tyendinaga, Ont., on Tuesday Jan. 16, 2013. Mohawk warriors blocked both the CP and the CN train tracks in support for the Idle No More movement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

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  A Mohawk warrior crosses the CN and the CP train tracks crossing in Tyendinaga, Ont., on Tuesday Jan. 16, 2013. The warriors were blocking the trains tracks in support of the Idle No More movement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg