Journey times between major cities in eastern Canada would be cut in half under the new plans, making train travel more appealing.

TORONTO -- Freight trains in Canada were expected to roll again soon after the government forced a contract dispute into arbitration Thursday, averting potentially dire economic consequences for ...

VIA Rail Canada needs to improve service and to address some managerial practices, the Auditor General of Canada says in a report issued Friday (Feb. 27). But an audit generally found the company to ...

Freight trains in Canada were expected to roll again soon after the government forced a contract dispute into arbitration Thursday, averting potentially dire economic consequences for businesses and ...

A Canadian rail strike briefly halted freight operations and stopped shipments coming from Canada to the U.S. on Thursday. Freight operations are expected to resume after the government ordered the ...

(Reuters) -Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have shut down their rail networks in the country on Thursday and locked out nearly 10,000 workers after unsuccessful ...

Hitachi Rail on Feb. 19 announced that it is investing almost C$30 million in a new state-of-the-art Canadian headquarters in Toronto, Ontario.

The union representing workers from Canada’s two largest rail companies filed a court challenge against a labour board order requiring them to return to work. The order was issued after the Teamsters ...

Canada’s two largest railways are preparing to restart operations after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government stepped in to try to end a lockout that has stopped freight movement, including that ...

Aside from metropolitan areas with established local or regional public transportation, it’s difficult for a non-motorist, non-flyer to get around the United States these days. I rarely fly, but I ...