dailyhive.com/vancouver/via-rail-new-train-locomotive-order-alstom-stadler French and Swiss firms to build new VIA Rail passenger cars and locomotives in $6.7-billion fleet overhaul
VIA Rail's fleet averages 77 years old, with many cars dating back to right after the Second World War. Ottawa is spending $6.7 billion on 313 new Alstom cars and Stadler locomotives, but the first replacements won't carry passengers until 2031.
— via Daily Hive Vancouver, Kenneth Chan
