Passenger Trips to Take Longer in Ontario and Quebec After CN Rule Change: Via

New passenger trains sit on the tracks at the Via Rail Canada Maintenance Centre in Montreal, on Feb. 22, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi

Passengers riding on Via Rail’s most heavily travelled corridor may endure a slower trip after Canadian National Railway Co. imposed restrictions on Via’s new trains.

CN last Friday said that Via’s recently arrived Siemens trainsets running between Montreal and Windsor, Ont., must lower their speed at public crossings.