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Req # 20-2040
The data we are requesting on VIA Rail’s stations and the routes on which VIA Rail provides services (…) provide the following information: Railway station code, English name, French name, street address, city, province, postal code, station level, station type, longitude, latitude, active indicator. For each route: start and end station, railway stop over indicator and active indicator.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
February 2021
Req # 20-2029
Provide any briefing notes, memos or policy briefs that mention or discuss when the VIA Rail passenger service will resume in Alberta from March 1 2020 to the day this request is received.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
Req # 20-2030
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 January 2020 to the day this request is received measures taken to reduce the spread of COVID-19.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
Req # 20-2032
Provide all memos, policy briefs and briefing notes provided to Cynthia Garneau that discuss or mention the implementation of security procedures for rail passengers from March 1 2020 to the day this request is received.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
Req # 20-2033
Provide memos or policy briefs that discuss cost-saving initiatives at VIA Rail created since March 1, 2020 to the day this request is received.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2021
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 # 20-2039
(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 # 19-1988
A copy of the most recent Train Service Agreement between VIA Rail and CN Rail. Please provide all relevant details of this agreement in keeping with the Nov. 19, 2018 Federal Court of Appeal decision under the file number A-225-17.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
June 2020