Ottawa VIA Rail routes cancelled due to ongoing protests
Posted Feb 8, 2020 08:11:00 PM.
Riding the rails today will be a challenge as VIA Rail announced it has suspended a number of Ontario and Quebec train routes until further notice due to protestors.
Saturday train service between Montreal and Toronto and between Ottawa and Toronto is affected. None of the trains on these two routes will operate until the issue is resolved, the company said on their website.
The disruption is due to Wet’suwet’en First Nation protestors currently blocking tracks near Belleville.
The following routes will be impacted: 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 50, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 641, 643, 645, 668, 669.
UPDATE: Train service between Montreal & Toronto and between Ottawa & Toronto is canceled in both directions on Saturday, February 8. / MISE-A-JOUR: Le service de train entre Montréal et Toronto, ainsi qu’Ottawa et Toronto, est annulé dans les deux directions, samedi, 8 février.
— VIA_Rail (@VIA_Rail) February 8, 2020
Refunds will be automatically refunded to those affected by the service disruption within 10 days.
For up-to-date information, visit the VIA Rail website.
