Via Rail to resume regular service on Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal routes

After a blizzard caused delays and cancellations on the Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal routes, Via Rail says the regular schedule will resume on Wednesday.

The train service announced all trains will run on Toronto to Ottawa and the Toronto to Montreal routes, starting Dec. 28.

Via warns that some delays are to be expected due to continued congestion on these routes.

A blizzard on Saturday caused damage along CN Rail’s Kingston subdivision, which Via Rail’s trains travel along. Hundreds of passengers were stranded near Cobourg and at other points.

Via Rail staff said nine trains in all were trapped after trees fell on the tracks and on a train. Another seven train trips were cancelled altogether on Saturday.

It forced the cancellation of all trains on Boxing day as crews to restore the track to a safe and usable state as quickly as possible.