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(latest update January 31, 2023)

Via Rail Canada generally shortened to Via Rail or Via, operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada. Is it up or down? Is it down for me? Check the status or Report your issues below!
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Ugo @okesigo_
Reported 2023-01-31 03:35:05
@FinPlanKaluAja1 Let's start by the road safety commission impounding this trucks on sight, they should be restricted to 11pm to 5am movement, fix the railways and move goods via rail. Paying a special attention to this containers and thier movement by a serious government will curb this...

Rahul Rai 🇮🇳 @mithila_maithil
Reported 2023-01-30 07:24:31
@Manish_B2V @RailMinIndia @IRCTCofficial This is common practice across all railway station.
I had suffered same issue in every time I travel via railway, either they charge 20 or deny

cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher
Reported 2023-01-29 19:17:40
When the whole Canadian transportation world was melting down, everyone should remember what Omar was doing when he should have been in contact with airlines and VIA rail... #cdnpoli

ɹǝqɯǝɯ OƎƆԀ∀W∀ @AMAPCEO_member
Reported 2023-01-29 14:23:12
@Voyageurfred @ianhanomansing @VIA_Rail Via trains spend a lot of time stopped as freight trains have priority due to this issue. It is backwards to what should happen. I doubt any train I've been on in Ontario got anywhere close to 150, rail lines are incredibly rough. A new rail system is needed.

Transport Action Atl @TrsprtActionAtl
Reported 2023-01-29 09:47:34
Yet another media story on this issue. It really seems to be resonating — as it should!
Inquiry Sought Into VIA Rail Holiday Travel Chaos | 91.9 The Bend https://t.co/SfHAa3PXfR

Jake @TransitJakeTO
Reported 2023-01-29 00:42:20
@OmarAlghabra @DonutMonster @FilomenaT***i I’ll buy you another box if you can fix Via Rail

auntiesocial distancing @hhwyfe
Reported 2023-01-28 10:36:37
@OmarAlghabra You guys just appointed an antisemite for an anti racism chair. Fix your own house Omar, he’s going to take over because you all are so bad at your jobs and can’t make basic services work. Go to an airport in Toronto or talk to the Via Rail p***engers. Do your damn job

Roque Torrontegui @RoqueTorr
Reported 2023-01-27 21:12:58
@nvlzzr @ilaminstrutt @woodsnstrings @VIA_Rail I'm on Train 39. We've been here for 2:30 hours due to a crash between the train in front of us and a car. Happened in St-Bruno-de-Montarville. There is one fatality. Police, coroner and firemen are at the scene.

Elizabeth @ElizabethEveTay
Reported 2023-01-27 20:48:36
@TheSpec @VIA_Rail We traveled by train often in the 60's & 70's and it was mostly absolutely fabulous.
This last summer, I tried to get hubby down east & simply couldn't book him from here to there.

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:29:17
@JustinTrudeau I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz. To small without tripping to carry my small roll behind down. Our doctors will saying I'll write it once I stop laughing. I'll just put my paw on my mouse hip tapping my foot to them https://t.co/ZQzMtZlv4I

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:28:43
@JustinTrudeau I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz. To small without tripping to carry my small roll behind down. Our doctors will saying I'll write it for her, once I stop laughing. I'll just put my paw on my mouse hip tapping my foot to them https://t.co/o5Nijk4jnX

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:27:22
@JustinTrudeau I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz. To small without tripping to carry my small roll behind down. Men at the top will have to carry me my back to them the other with the roll behind. Plunk me on my feet at bottom there off U go!

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:27:10
@JustinTrudeau I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz. To small without tripping to carry my small roll behind down. Men at the top will have to carry me my back to them the other with the roll behind. Plunk me on my feet at bottom there off U go

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:23:34
@JustinTrudeau I need yours or Clint's help. I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz.I am to small without tripping to carry my small roll behind suit case at Montreal down the stairs.The men at the top will be saying ooo jeepers as I tumble yet.!!

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:23:23
@JustinTrudeau I need yours or Clint's help. I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz.I am to small without tripping to carry my small roll behind suit case at Montreal down the stairs.The men at the top will be saying ooo jeepers as I tumble yet.

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:22:24
@JustinTrudeau We've been friends 30yrs. I need yours or Clint's help. I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz. U two can get to our doctors easier. I am to small without tripping to carry my small roll behind suit case at Montreal down the stairs!

Kiela MacDougall @littleone1984
Reported 2023-01-27 18:22:13
@JustinTrudeau We've been friends 30yrs. I need yours or Clint's help. I need a disability due to my height pre boarding p*** for via rail plz. U two can get to our doctors easier. I am to small without tripping to carry my small roll behind suit case at Montreal down the stairs

Kevin Kerby @Kerby5Kerby
Reported 2023-01-27 11:21:57
@OmarAlghabra @AmiraElghawaby @iamIqraKhalid @HonAhmedHussen @SameerZuberi @nccm Nothing like making something that isn't a problem into one. More divisiveness from this government. Oh btw, have you ever gotten in touch with Via Rail yet, it's only been a month.

Belfast1966 @hamcityont
Reported 2023-01-27 08:40:00
@Transport_gc hey, just heard that the Minister was AWAL for two weeks during the Via rail issue. Seems there is a escalation issue. What happens if we have a major issue? Does anyone have his cell number in case we need to call him? What’s the reason?

Fourier @ArGhahremani
Reported 2023-01-27 08:25:52
@PierrePoilievre He was busy making and producing a movie with @JustinTrudeau and getting ready for the oscar. Who cares about the VIA rail problem and other matters?

Phillip (Canada) @SagerPhillip
Reported 2023-01-26 20:07:27
Good lord, so the VIA Rail management didn't look after their p***engers and waited for the government to contact them? Oh, I see, so they did eventually take care of the p***engers but didn't report the problem until the Minister contacted them? Is that correct?

Andrew Clark (He/Him) @afclark82
Reported 2023-01-26 16:45:23
@london_chrisp @VIA_Rail No one I know. It is only a one time trip for a conference, so will probably drive down and take the subway from Kipling. Not ideal, but best use of time. I just hate there aren't better options.

Jay Frost @JasonHe60997262
Reported 2023-01-26 16:29:17
Yes, it’s all the weather’s fault 🙄
Canada, we have a leadership problem.
#ViaRail #failure

OFEDUP1 @OFEDUP1
Reported 2023-01-26 13:24:42
@globalnews So a domestic terrorist can walk down a public street in Toronto and shoot people or others who planned to **** up a via rail line get a p*** based on religion etc. Why doesn’t the government actually have the courage to say the truth when needed?

C. Francis @cfhoogz
Reported 2023-01-26 11:25:56
So inquiry into the VIA rail problem with one train held p***engers for some 20 hrs. Official says one of the major problem was the electrical disruptions. So is that the command and control system? The computers? Might I suggest auto diesel generators to backup?

Oooops1731 @oooops1731
Reported 2023-01-26 11:04:49
@CoreyBroster @nilikm @porterairlines @OPSBA Last time it snowed Via Rail shut down. Plus, the trek from Ottawa is ridiculously slow by train.

The Cynic @cmlarl
Reported 2023-01-26 10:44:39
Via Rail executives addressing parliamentary committee on holiday travel mess https://t.co/u8cXgXGS9N: Via Rail as old antiquated equipmemt, they can't keep a schedule and everyday something breaks down. Either update to modern equipment or close the business .
Maltese Petard ( Official Parody) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @shawnmicallef
Reported 2023-01-26 08:59:47
Same with @VIA_Rail in December. Awful comms poured gasoline on a problem.
Need a real reckoning and reset of gov't comms, these agencies. Trust is in the dumpster and it's self-inflicted.

Sunita Doobay @sunitadoobay
Reported 2023-01-24 15:14:43
@M***imoLoruss11 @VIA_Rail They were issuing refunds and I believe hotel vouchers were given out. I exchanged the ticket for the same time next week - fingers crossed that nothing breaks down. The crew and the ticket counter staff were lovely - VIA is lucky to have them. We didn’t reach Union until 1:30AM

Mich Sarkis @Michel_N_Sarkis
Reported 2023-01-24 10:21:04
@VIA_Rail @OmarAlghabra @Transports_gc
Via Rail is the worst transportation company i've ever seen, this is my 3rd trip with them and as usual we're stuck in the middle of nowhere because of a technical issue (Tues Jan 24 tain 22 from Ottawa to Montreal). This is unacceptable,

Adamu D. Suleman 🇳🇬🔞 @SuleDeco
Reported 2023-01-24 01:28:35
@lollylarry1 To move paddy rice from North to Lagos will gulp 2m in logistics for one trailer load of paddy rice.... where wil the factory get paddy down south? Is there plans to link the factory via rail?

Jay S @jayieshsingh
Reported 2023-01-23 23:45:25
Shame @VIA_Rail - OMW to Montreal from Toronto, train broke down, waited 3 hrs to find out that we're transferring trains (yes across tracks) and headed back to Toronto. Very poor communication and preparedness, no communication on how Via will help. Just terrible

Jay S @jayieshsingh
Reported 2023-01-23 23:07:35
Shame @VIA_Rail. OMW to Montreal from Toronto, train has halted for over 3 hrs to fix "issues" of no movement, we're told that we'll be transferring trains going back to Toronto. Terrible experience, no support, Via is entirely unprepared. Terrible communication from the org.

Sunita Doobay @sunitadoobay
Reported 2023-01-23 22:04:13
Has anyone noticed that Via Rail is not as good as it used to be? I have to teach an 8:30 cl*** tomorrow morning and have been sitting in a broken down train for almost two hours. The crew as always is amazing. But given that the train is pertinent to the…https://t.co/epyqnbNRZr

Sunita Doobay @sunitadoobay
Reported 2023-01-23 21:55:16
@VIA_Rail delayed for over an hour on a train outside of Belleville which has broken down - should this be happening? Are the trains not being serviced properly?

Sunita Doobay @sunitadoobay
Reported 2023-01-23 21:48:58
@VIA_Rail - I have travelled by Via over the years the Toronto Kingston route and this is the first time, a train has broken down - we have been here over an hour and it looks to be a long night. The crew is amazing but I am worried about my beloved VIA 1/2

Ryan @ryanphanna
Reported 2023-01-23 16:56:50
@VIA_Rail There are several apparent downsides, too:
— required to pay taxes on redemptions (however, this may be a temporary software-related issue and redemptions will be reduced by 30% as compensation)
— redemptions will adhere to the refund policy of the ticket booked

Greg Drew @SchwerbTheHerb
Reported 2023-01-23 15:31:13
@witte_sergei Could you imagine them being shipped via rail and then a shahed smashing the first on a line of 10 causing a derailment and 50 million in abrams down the drain. They are such easy targets at that point

Steve 🇨🇦🍀🦫🍁 @reliefinplace
Reported 2023-01-23 15:08:03
@acoyne Yeah well @OmarAlghabra has made at least 2 calls to ViaRail enquiring about the broken toilets on the 50 year old trains. That's gottta count for something?

Lisa Goldman @lisang
Reported 2023-01-23 11:50:13
Good morning @VIA_Rail, your website has been non-functioning for at least 24 hours. I would like to book a ticket. When are you planning to fix the site so that I can do that?

Marie-Claude Rivard @mcrivard
Reported 2023-01-22 23:30:25
@VIA_Rail been trying to book a ticket online (your app + website) since last Wednesday and I keep getting a server error at the last step. I tried contacting you via the contact us page on your website, no response. Anyone looking into this issue?

SidHamilton @sid_hamilton
Reported 2023-01-22 16:06:55
@deo_mister @sarahelder Only because our overlord did nothing to fight for pipelines that were still alive and that point, and then doubled down with a moronic plan to try via rail - which couldn’t have been a bigger failure.
Cost AB taxpayers well over 2B with the fool’s errand.
https://t.co/G3t60F6szs

Piotr Kijak @sh0tdownpl
Reported 2023-01-22 13:11:17
@visegrad24 Kill completely logistics and disallow resupplying like many people mentioned striking down Crimean Bridge and perhaps close to Belgorod and close to Belarus Russian infrastracture. Disallowing them to transport anything via railway and planes/helicopters.

Crime/action/suspense/thrillers - E.R. Yatscoff @EYatscoff
Reported 2023-01-21 21:06:50
@rexglacer And you will do this how? With a magic gnome wand? You can't even fix the p***port issue or the airport fiasco. VIA RAil was, is, and will be a disaster and so are you

Justin @YellsAtCars
Reported 2023-01-21 14:30:57
Hey @GOtransit @VIA_Rail
The Kitchener station could use a bit of a fix
Not sure if a screw@is the safest option https://t.co/BcHSef5iuL

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) @doctorow
Reported 2023-01-21 11:11:09
#10yrsago Pennsylvania kindergartener uses #****oKitty bubble-gun at school, suspended for “terrorist threat” https://t.co/8yWoWozNck
#10yrsago Guy re-creates a #VIARail car, in his ba*****t, down to the most minute detail https://t.co/ndQk7aOkCJ 10/ https://t.co/7i9K44cyHZ

Mitchell Gauvin @MitchellGauvin_
Reported 2023-01-21 10:44:37
One of the weird things about @VIA_Rail not allowing p***engers to wait on the platform is that it requires a lot more staff to board p***engers -- for an organization that is already underfunded!

Steve Faguy @fagstein
Reported 2023-01-21 10:16:36
It's a good argument. Though I think it's pretty laughable the thought that Canada Post and Via Rail have direct private competitors waiting in the wings.

@srdmespj1 @srdmespj11
Reported 2023-01-21 06:08:29
@Sr_DME_CW_ALD @drmncrald @RailwaySeva @Rajput_nvn @spjdivn Issue has been already attended and resolved by ACCA. via railmadad ref. no- 2023012103315

@srdmespj1 @srdmespj11
Reported 2023-01-21 05:47:11
@RailwaySeva @Rajput_nvn @spjdivn @drmncrald Issue has been already attended and resolved by ACCA. via railmadad ref. no- 2023012103315
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