Blog posts : "nanaimo"

Dayliners removed from service could 'pull last spike out of Vancouver Island'

Irish pub to serve as anchor tenant

A planned early-morning passenger train from Nanaimo to Victoria will demonstrate the viability of a commuter rail service

"We have just started negotiating leases," said Bruce.

Work had been on hold pending the signing of the mortgage document

Getting rid of property taxes will help the ICF in its attempt to make the E&N a viable operation.

Snuneymuxw Chief Doug White also silent about land his people have claimed

Development of property next to cruise-ship terminal will require environmental assessment, cleanup

The Canadian Pacific Railway has accepted an offer for its 53-acre waterfront property next to Nanaimo's downtown cruise-ship terminal.

It is the first major suspension of service in the E&N's 125-year history.

Solid freight traffic is the backbone of a working rail service and that just won't happen without a major resource industry renaissance.

After 125 years of continuous service, Vancouver Island’s E&N Railway has reached the end of the line unless senior levels of government step forward

A massive explosion had torn through Nanaimo's No.1 Esplanade mine,

"You take the E&N Railway station, that was a major project."

Nanaimo's historic E&N Railway station should have tenants all aboard by Christmas.

A new vein of coal had been discovered by drillers in the slope of the new shaft at Nanaimo River.

a lot of people in the city would rather that the whole rail line through Nanaimo be rerouted to take train traffic away from the busy urban centre

No major infrastructure upgrades planned for where two people were killed in 2009

preserve the downtown's core's distinctive heritage and architectural styles.

The collision happened at an uncontrolled section of track not intended for pedestrian crossing.

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