The government waited too long to allow VIA Rail to order new long distance equipment. Now we must speed up delivery while ensuring its design is both a suitable successor to the heritage fleet and dome cars, plus resilient in Canadian conditions, including blizzards on the Churchill route.

VIA 53, at Fallowfield, with @keiraclarke.ca on-board!

State of computer technicians in 2026. How'd bro even pass his courses he doesn't know what he's doing 😭

#CN L27691, with CN 2237 leading and EXO 1407, 1408 and 1409 trailing, these are the last EC-42s to be delivered to #EXO and likely the end of charger deliveries on the Kingston Subdivision.

Im going to kiss my girlfriend

This has been repeatedly raised in TSB investigation reports since 1995 and must be addressed. The first engineering controls to require crews to acknowledge signal indications and to prevent trains from exceeding their movement authority were implemented in in 19th century.

Today we mark the 40th anniversary of the Hinton disaster. In the intervening years, measures to address crew fatigue have been implemented, but Canada still lacks fail-safe physical controls to prevent a train passing a stop signal. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Old vs New

I was very pleased to host @railfans.ca and @bettertransitottawa.ca online for a webinar on transit tracking data. Watch that here.

This is today!

VIA 35 earlier today

Thank you to the volunteer firefighters and mayor of Saint-Zotique for helping out quickly, but we should not be having so many problems! Siemens Mobility needs to be more open with the public about their efforts to address to root causes of these issues. www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/01/24/t...

Rem!

I wish Ottawa gave half as much of a crap about transit as they do about landowners doing what they want with their legally acquired property.

We need emergency bus lane and transit priority measures enacted on key corridors to ensure our working buses are used as efficiently as possible. We can't have our limited bus fleet standing still in traffic.

Jan 17, 1989: the last VIA Rail overnight sleeping cars between Ottawa and Toronto begin their journeys, marking the end of 116 years of through sleeper service between the two cities since 1873—with a brief hiatus in 1965-66 following the end of the pool train agreement. 1/3

Made a very special video for 2026! Enjoy! youtu.be/MT7vApWZSgk

This happening right after Doug said we don't need chinese cars is super funny.

VIA Rail F40PH-2D running light power from Ottawa to Montreal due to one of the wheels being flat

Happy new year everyone!

Insurance is a fucking scam

Read this in Zap Branigans voice.

Je n'aime pas late quatre-cent un

A defect on CN track near Kingston is causing delays of an hour or more on one of the busiest travel days of the year. 1️⃣ Safety comes first👍 2️⃣ Thank your train crew as they work longer hours to get you home. 3️⃣ Claim your travel credits online for future trips: www.transportaction.ca/topics/inter...

It’s fair…

Mario Péloquin’s decades of railway experience and positive attitude in the face of the many challenges VIA faces will be missed. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I believe VIA 647 had a near miss at Pleasant Park earlier, stopped for 20 minutes right after the crossing

We are aware of the train failure incident last night and look forward to receiving full details from VIA regarding the cause of the problem. Canada needs to adequately fund its passenger railway so standby locomotives are available to rescue failed trains. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

like, yes. line 6 sucked. I was there too. that doesn't mean good things aren't happening elsewhere in the country, nor does it mean improvements can't be made

watching reece martin morph into not just bikes 2 in real time is crazy

Trains were doing badly yesterday, seems to be the same thing today.

I am so goddamned tired of this councillor. First to point the finger, the last to come up with a solution. Doesn't think we can spend money to get good services, but has the gall to criticize other councillors for wanting funding to address issues in their wards. So, a thread:

Good morning from Finch West where we are lined up down the block waiting for the LRT opening!

OCR 1815 helping a dead VIA 6416 on VIA 45 :3

@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social We just gave OPS a large budget increase for what again? Didn't the Province give us funding for a Market police detachment? Oh, and we don't have $1M for Line 1 five minute service? Come on.

VIA 26, Casselman, Ontario, December 3rd 2025

We have permission for take-off! Hello Bluesky! Follow this account for images and news from the City of Toronto Archives. #Toronto #TOHistory #TOArchives

Delaying the project to get real-time train locations in transit apps and delaying bus lane construction are not savings or efficiencies. These costs will be still paid, just later at a higher cost

Frustrated with discord

Ran my turbo for the first time today! A few issues but nothing that cant be fixed!

This appears to be a success that other communities could learn from, because accessible transit should be responsive and flexible, fitting with people's lives and the fact plans change, rather than requiring people to book days in advance! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This will become the world's most northerly transit system, ~35 km near the pole than Trondheim, Norway. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Oh yeah chat, we ocean

Longer gaps between stops mean faster buses but longer walks and as winter sets in, keeping sidewalks and crossing clear is essential so people can get to transit. Not everyone can leap a snowbank and even fewer of us want to! winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/11/24/s...

My notifications: exploded

What we need is a long-term steady pipeline of rail and transit investment and renewal so that manufacturing communities aren't caught in cycles of boom and bust. The "Permanent Transit Fund" should have helped but it was diluted in the federal budget. www.tbnewswatch.com/local-journa...

There will be displays set up at Pacific Central station, tours of the trains, and there may be information about the preliminary designs for the long distance fleet renewal project too!

VIA Rail will be hosting an event in Vancouver to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the "Canadian" train service. It's free but registration is required. corpo.viarail.ca/en/event/van...

I also enjoy some amtrak

Another normal day for Ottawa's bus shortage where council still is insistent that increasing the size of our bus orders is not necessary This is what we call 97% trip delivery