All Via Rail Service Halted As Engineers Strike

By News Staff

Posted August 14, 2009 11:24 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Although some routes were cancelled in anticipation of the noon walkout, Via Rail chartered hundreds of buses in an effort to maintain services right up to the very last minute.

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