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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
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Canada Energy Regulator
Req # A-2020-00013
A copy of a briefing note entitled "CEO Introductory Meetings with External Stakeholders – Week 4 (Aug 31 - Sept 4)", dated Aug. 28, 2020, Ref# 1265531Organization: Canada Energy Regulator
November 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 # A-2020-00009
Please provide in spreadsheet form the total amount of expenses incurred between March 1st 2020 and the date on which this request is received detailing all expenses with the 2020/2021 object codes 1231, 1246, and 0533. Provide a breakdown of expenses incurred and for each expense, provide the name of the service provider/contractor, a description of the product or service rendered, the date, and the total amount of the expense. When this data does not exist in the aforementioned format, provide the entirety of records (including receipts, purchase orders, and service contracts) pertaining to the expense. Search through electronic records only, unless data is not available in that format. Exclude cabinet confidences. Remove French versions of records if English ones exist. Provide the final version of documents or last draft if the final version is not available.Organization: Canada Energy Regulator
October 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