Pilot project the only way to gauge support for up-Island train service BY GRAHAM BRUCE, TIMES COLONIST SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 A recent report about commuter rail service between the Cowichan Valley, the Western Communities and Victoria is an unfinished study. […]
Times Colonist, June 28, 2011 By Bill Cleverly Premier Christy Clark pledged Tuesday to help get the E&N Rail line back on track by announcing $7.5 million in provincial funding toward track improvements. But the money is conditional. An inspection […]
May 9th 2011 Media Advisory On the 125th year of the historic E&N Railway, VIA Rail will relocate its train to Nanaimo on Tuesday May 10th. Will this be the last time the passenger train makes it […]
AVICC Press Release Tuesday May 3, 2011 The decision of whether rail will continue to exist on Vancouver Island is a step closer with the BC Minister of Transportation Blair Lekstrom telling Island mayors he will get an answer to […]
AVICC Press Release Monday April 11, 2011 Island Mayors want a meeting with Premier Christie Clark and Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom to discuss the loss of the VIA passenger service and the potential shutdown of railroad transportation on Vancouver Island. […]
By Graham Bruce On the 125th anniversary of rail operating on Vancouver Island it will be decided whether rail will continue to operate or be shut down. In October of 2010 the owners of the railway corridor, the Island Corridor […]
Globe and Mail – Published Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 8:04PM EST BRENNAN CLARKE As a long-time veteran of the Colwood Crawl, Don Swagar expects a certain amount of rush-hour congestion during the morning commute from his home in the Western […]
NEWS RELEASE October. 26, 2010 ICF Rail Infrastructure Funding ISLAND RAIL SERVICE ON TRACK FOR IMPROVEMENTS NANAIMO – A new Nanaimo-to-Victoria passenger rail service plan for Vancouver Island was announced today by the Island Corridor Foundation. Graham Bruce, ICF executive […]
Talk about heavy lifting. In a middle-of-the-night operation crews removed the old rail trestle at Four Mile on the Island Highway in View Royal on August 19. Twelve nights later they replaced it with a new steel rail bridge beam […]
from Times Colonist, Sept. 23, 2010 Victoria to apply for gas tax funds to help pay for new crossing By Kim Westad, A regional district committee voted unanimously in favour Wednesday of supporting the City of Victoria’s application for […]
