Blog posts : "bc"

railway crossing is partly to blame for a crash last fall

The B.C. Electric were urged to come in but hesitated at the small amount of business in sight.

an effort to catalogue and save historical artifacts throughout its region.

Rail-based transit is expensive. But there is a huge return on the investment.

our highways are becoming too congested to be useful, it would see that the time to invest in rail is now.

would replace a 30-year-old swing bridge that had carried only trains and, I'm sure, the occasional pedestrian.

"This kind of service really needs to flow right into downtown Victoria,"

Are we ready for LRT or at least using the E&N rail line? Ask the people at bus stops on their way home watching full buses passing them by.

Trip will retrace the route of the group that originally mapped B.C.'s first provincial park

And it would be used for more than two weeks. Build it and they will come.

ruled out upgrades to the Island's E&N Rail line without considering demand for a commuter rail system linking Victoria to the West Shore.

Not enough people use the E&N rail line, or live nearby it, to warrant an investment

as the railway line from Crofton to Westholme runs nearly its whole length over well-defined ledges of mineral-bearing rock.

July 3rd 2010

 

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The South Nanaimo Business Exchange, a local business networking and referral group,

consider taking the Via Rail dayliner that operates between Victoria and Courtenay.

hey will have to get that railway to Cowichan Lake pretty quick”.

Island Corridor Foundation grants approval for rehabilitation project,

issued a ticket for $109 and had two points taken off her licence.

Plans are on track to provide a daily train service to CFB Esquimalt.

Then Dunsmuir built a rail yard in Nanaimo on the Snuneymuxw village site.

April 25th 2010

Righting old wrongs

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