VIA Train Schedule is for Island Service The VIA train schedule for Island communities will offer twice daily service between Nanaimo and Victoria four days of the week. On Wednesdays it will travel between Nanaimo, Victoria and Qualicum and on […]
Halalt First Nation with the support of the Island Corridor Foundation and Cowichan Valley Regional District have plans to construct a recreational trail in 2015 that will connect the south end to the north end of their community spanning 1.3km […]
Our Newest Regional Trail The E&N Rail Trail – Humpback Connector is a paved trail that is being built largely within the rail corridor between Victoria and Langford. As a long-term undertaking, this trail will eventually stretch from the Johnson […]
Safety of all operations, the public and our employees is always the primary consideration of Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (SVI). Shortly after commencing operations on July 1, 2006, SVI set about evaluating the condition of the rail track on […]
VIA RAIL STATEMENT RELEASED OCTOBER 7TH 2014 Please note that the safety of our operations for our passengers, employees and the public is VIA Rail’s first and foremost priority. Safe and secure train operations are the foundation of everything we […]
Victoria considers sites for E&N Rail terminal BILL CLEVERLEY / TIMES COLONIST A new E&N Rail terminal should be located on city green space being created through the elimination of the S-curve on the western approach to the new Johnson […]
An inside look at the Seaspan Marine railway barge. Weekly SVI and Seaspan crews haul materials to and from the Island from our Nanaimo Port. Connecting Nanaimo and Vancouver Island to all of Class 1 Railways of North America. [imagebrowser […]
Regional District of Nanaimo residents, you are welcome to attend an open house to learn about the RDN’s first phase of Rail Trail, Coombs to Parksville to French Creek. Thursday, October 9th 5:00pm – 8:00pm Oceanside Place 830 West Island […]
SVI crews using the tamping machine at Devonshire Road, Victoria BC. A tamping machine or ballast tamper is used to pack (or tamp) the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable.
Another amazing look at the speeders as they pass through Duncan BC.
