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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 15/09/2026

Join us on October 2nd in Toronto at the Ontario Intercity Travel Summit hosted by Transport Futures where Transport Action Ontario president Peter Miasek will be speaking alongside many other insightful guests. transportfutures.ca/onintercity/

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 14/09/2026

Funding intercity public transportation is crucial for Canada's social, economic, and environmental goals. Read more about our 2026 federal budget submission here: buff.ly/v8Qmzjd 📸 Courtesy VIA Rail

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 23/07/2026

Building a high speed rail stop in Kingston should be welcomed, but only if integrated with existing VIA Rail service, otherwise it risks both Alto and VIA. Read more about our letter to Minister MacKinnon here: buff.ly/FZO5bxJ 📸 Nelso Silva (altered) | cc BY-SA

A Siemens Velaro high-speed train runs along a highway in Germany

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 22/06/2026

The federal government has announced that they are seriously considering adding a stop in Kingston to the Alto HSR project. We are very pleased that the government seems to be listening to public and professional feedback. buff.ly/8FztNEy

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 09/06/2026

The International Union of Railways has released a report confirming what we have been saying for years: transferring revenue risk to the private sector simply doesn't work, and the public is left to eat the cost anyway. 🧵 1/4 (Paywall) buff.ly/JBDCl4l

Report cover with a picture of curving railroad tracks that says UIC Passenger Department financial modles for high-speed rail infrastructure

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 03/06/2026

Last week Transport Action Ontario President and Transport Action Canada director Peter Miasek was invited to be a part of a panel on Alto HSR at the Canadian Institute's Urban Transit Infrastructure Symposium in Toronto. 1/5

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 29/05/2026

💭💭💭 Friday afternoon dreaming... If you could snap your fingers and make one improvement to public transportation in Canada, what would it be?

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 27/05/2026

Marathon has received a federal grant to build a new port. Being so close to the CP mainline, we think it would be foolish to build a new port without a rail link. Less freight hitting the rails means more emissions and more trucks on already taxed Northern ON. highways. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 22/04/2026

50 years ago today, CN set a Canadian speed record of 140.6 mph (226 km/h) with the Turbo train. This record still stands, despite many political promises and studies of improvements to VIA and high speed rail. We want to see Canada be a leader in passenger rail again. 📷️ Roger Puta - Public Domain

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 13/04/2026

ALTO/Cadence have launched an online survey asking about corridor travel and opinions on high speed rail. It takes a few minutes to complete but there are important topics like “would you prefer downtown or out-of-town stations” and affordable fares: onqctravel.com

Shinkansen trains at Tokyo station, JR East Tohuku line in the foreground.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 13/03/2026

More examples of HSR around the world: 📷️Morocco: Phil Richards CC BY-SA 2.0 📷️Russia: Neu-Zwai CC BY-SA 📷️China: Christof Hofbauer CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 13/03/2026

What might High Speed Rail in Canada look like? Here are examples from around the world: 📷️UK: Wayland Smith CC BY-SA 2.0 📷️Indonesia: Naufal Farras CC BY-SA 4.0 📷️Japan: Ippukucho CC BY 3.0

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 12/03/2026

Alto is extending the public consultation period for High Speed Rail until Monday, April 24. Two additional virtual sessions will be held on March 23 & 26. Interactive Map en.consultation.altotrain.ca/shaping-the-... Virtual Sessions www.altotrain.ca/en/public-co... 📷️ David Gubler CC BY-NC-SA 2.5

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 26/02/2026

The region's business community is calling for a HSR station at the Mirabel airport site: Le milieu des affaires de la région exige une station TGV sur le site de l'aéroport de Mirabel : rimq.qc.ca/article/muni...

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 13/02/2026

Ce matin, nous reunissions avec le député Xavier Barsalou-Duval pour discuter les transports ferrovaires, notamment: - l'amélioration de la sécurité des passages à niveau - retour des trains VIA Rail en Gaspésie - manque de fiabilité des nouvelles rames Siemens; 1/2...

Harry Gow, Terence Johnson, Xavier Barsalou-Duval - député du Bloc Québécois dans Pierre-Boucher--Les Patriotes--Verchères, et David Jeanes

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 11/02/2026

Our directors from Ontario and Quebec are travelling to Ottawa to meet with MPs, and both trains are running late due to freight problems. VIA Rail needs investment and regulatory support to operate its existing service effectively, and ensure the long term future of these routes alongside Alto.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 07/02/2026

The map produced by Alto doesn’t include crossing the Ottawa River at this point, the darker oval is indicative of possible station locations:

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 07/02/2026

We didn’t suggest the use of Ottawa Union in the first place, it was in the Alto maps. We just showed people what the suggestion might look like. It wouldn’t be cheap, and politicians need to understand that. Map by David Jeanes:

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 04/02/2026

Today, Tuesday, February 3rd, is the 50th anniversary of the founding meeting of Transport 2000—now Transport Action Canada —around a kitchen table in Ottawa. Today we also participated in a session with Alto to refine their plans for finally building high-speed rail in Canada.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 21/12/2025

Keeping up a proud tradition, the old Northlander trains were NS/SBB imports: passengertrainjournal.com/remembering-...

Northlander trainset 1981 heads south through the Don River valley on its last lap into Toronto Union Station on January 29, 1978. —Carl V. Ehrke photo; Kevin J. Holland collection

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 21/12/2025

Transport Action Ontario and Environmental Defence have jointly published a major new report: Transit over Traffic - Hard Truths for Addressing Gridlock in the GTHA ontario.transportaction.ca/new-report-t...

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 07/12/2025

Good morning from Finch West where we are lined up down the block waiting for the LRT opening!

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 02/12/2025

Make a tax-deductible donation to Transport Action Canada for #GivingTuesday and you'll be helping amplify our volunteer efforts and to increase our advocacy for affordable and reliable passenger rail and public transportation for Canadians from coast to coast. www.transportaction.ca/donate

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 08/10/2025

This evening Transport Action met with the Alto High Speed Rail team in Toronto, with members from BC to Nova Scotia also joining online. We appreciate Alto's willingness to engage with us and enjoyed a candid discussion ranging from community impacts to systems engineering.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 15/09/2025

This is Rail Safety Week... remember the only time you should get a view like this is when you are onboard the train, otherwise please stay off the tracks and obey crossing signals so that everyone can get home safe. For more information and safety teaching resources see: www.operationlifesaver.ca

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 06/07/2025

Submit your questions for VIA Rail Canada's Annual Public Meeting for 2025 before July 7, 11:59 pm (eastern) at the URL below: corpo.viarail.ca/en/company/c...

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 19/06/2025

Mexico is moving rapidly to restore passenger rail on a 3,000 km network, mainly of existing railways used by freight, at a cost of about Cdn$10B. Isn't it time Canada invested in restoring services and routes too? www.railjournal.com/analysis/mex... 📷 Presidencia de la República

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 11/06/2025

The train is really coming back to Northeastern Ontario, not much longer to wait now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKTD...

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 28/05/2025

Earlier this month, Terry Johnson from Transport Action spoke with Paul Langan from High Speed Rail Canada about the prospects for Alto and other #HSR projects in #Canada. The recording is now available to watch: www.canadianinstitute.com/urban-transi...

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 06/05/2025

Which is it? A double-deck car sewer through Toronto is not a nation-building project!

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 02/05/2025

Join Paul Langan and Terry Johnson for a conversation about high speed rail corridors and projects in eastern and western Canada, hosted by the Canadian Institute on Monday May 5th

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 24/04/2025

The westbound Canadian departing Stephen, traversing the Kicking Horse Pass, and passing Sink Lake in May 1982, when the Canadian still ran on its original route. A Roger Puta Photograph

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 24/04/2025

Canadian Pacific FP7 1417 with Train 1, the Montreal section of The Canadian, at Ottawa on May 30, 1971. A Roger Puta Photograph

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 24/04/2025

On April 24, 1955 Canadian Pacific's new streamliner "The Canadian" set out from Vancouver for the first time, bound for Toronto and Montreal. Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Canada's iconic train, now operated by VIA Rail. Share your favourite photos and memories:

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 06/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Kingston and on Zoom for our AGM and public meeting on Saturday, including guest speakers Carl Fowler and Sean Marshall.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 12/03/2025

It is possible to have modern regional trains in Canada… but at the moment they’re only in Ottawa!

Ottawa Trillium Line train - Stadler Flirt - stopping at Dow’s Lake station on a snowy afternoon.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 06/02/2025

Excited to be in Montreal today with TRACCS and CSA Group to advance standards to speed up delivery and reduce costs in Canadian rail and transit projects.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 14/01/2025

VIA Rail’s Winter Sale was just announced ❄️ Until January 21, use discount code VIA2025 to save up to 25%* off travel. Details and conditions: www.viarail.ca/en/offers/sa... (we’re hoping they join us on this platform to post offers for themselves soon…)

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 09/12/2024

VIA Rail has released the RFQ for new long-distance trains to replace the fleet built in 1955. Funding was announced in federal budget 2024, after a long campaign by ourselves and other groups, and this investment should ensure the future of passenger rail in western Canada and the Maritimes.

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 27/11/2024

Alberta Moving Quickly to Advance Regional Rail Read our takeaways from the Passenger Rail Forum: 🧵 👇 www.transportaction.ca/regions/prai…

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 26/11/2024

Do we love taking the #viarail #train to the Maritimes? Yes! But 50 km/h is s-l-o-w. Simple track repairs would make it 110 km/h again. Sign our petition to Parliament to get it done: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Peti…

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Transport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 25/11/2024

Keep all of VIA Rail in the public sector, serving all of #Canada. We do not need to pay a premium to a private sector company. Sign this petition to Parliament: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Peti…

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