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Req # 20-2036
Provide all correspondence/communications sent and received by Cynthia Garneau, Dominique Lemay, Mario Bergeron, Sonia Corriveau, Ben Marc Diendéré, Patricia Jasmin, Martin Landry and Jean-François Legault from March 2020 to the day this request is received that mention or discuss when the VIA Rail passenger service will resume in Alberta.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
Req # 20-2031
Provide all records that discuss or maintain joint ventures with the Canada Infrastructure Bank to develop rail infrastructure from January 1, 2019 to the day this request is received.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
Req # 20-2034
Provide all briefing notes, memos or policy briefs that mention the implementation of high-speed services across Canada from July 1 2019 to the day this request is received. Include, but do not limit the scope of the request to, budget projections and cost benefit analyses of any such proposals.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
Req # 20-2041
Requesting all communications between VIA Rail and the Ministry of Transportation, the mayors, town councils, indigenous leaders and any other affected parties regarding the High Frequency Rail proposal. Between Toronto and Ottawa from 2017-2020. In particular, discussions regarding the environmental impact, land expropriation, rail bed, bridge causeway construction of the HFR on the towns of Tweed and Sharbot Lake Ontario. Proposed station stops and construction timeline.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
Req # 20-2039
(1) the official name and classification of the rail line in question (1041 Lakeshore Road East – Oakville Subdivision Line); (2) the number of rail tracks; (3) the width of the railway corridor at tis subdivision; (4) the type and average number of train movements during the daytime and nighttime; (5) the average number of locomotives for each type of train; (6) the average number of cars for each train; (7) the average speed of each type of train; (8) the presence of any special operating conditions likely to increase the sound levels such as siding tracks, frogs or switches, whistle noise, etc.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
December 2020
Req # 20-2043
I am writing to look for VIA Rail traffic data on the Beachburg Subdivision, near the intersection of Smyth Road and Riverside Drive in Ottawa, ON. Please provide the following (1) type of train; (2) engine type; (3) welded rail; (4) number of trains; (5) number of locomotives and number of cars per train; (6) speed; and (7) whistle by-laws – at grade crossings in the area and if any whistles are blown (specifically the at-grade crossing at Pleasant Park Rd, or any other nearby ones that may have missed).Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
December 2020
Req # 20-2028
Could you give me figures on VIA passenger volumes for 2020 as compared with a similar period in 2019.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
November 2020
Req # 20-2037
(1) I would like copy of the September 2016 Food Service Transformation Project RFP; (2) I would like a copy of all quotes or bids received for the September 2016 Food Service Transformation Project; (3) I wish to receive a copy of the bid analysis document; (4) I wish to receive a copy of the contract(s) that resulted from the September 2016 Food Service Transformation Project; and (5) was the September 2016 Food Service Transformation Project awarded by mutual agreement?Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
November 2020
Req # 20-2024
We have been requested as part of a regulator submission to obtain VIA’s future train volumes (2031 and beyond) along a rail line. I am only looking for a total number of trains per day and the consist make up.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
October 2020
Req # 20-2023
I would like to obtain copy of any original written documents in VIA Rail’s possession regarding complaints made by customers concerning delayed trains, unhelpful staff, lack of hygiene and uncomfortable seating, for trains traveling from Montreal Central Station Quebec to Toronto Union Station Ontario. For the period of August 2019 to October 2019.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
October 2020