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VIA pursues $5.5M investment in refurbishing Vancouver Island RDC cars

Travel Advisory - Temporary Bus Replacing VIA's Victoria to Courtenay Train Service To Make Last Trip August 7

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The base case assumes contracted highway trucks are used transport the coal to Port Alberni,

COMPLIANCE ENERGY CORPORATION - POSITIVE FEASIBILITY RESULTS RECEIVED FOR THE RAVEN COAL PROJECT

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what it would cost to upgrade the railway and extend it all the way to the north end of the Island.

Rail, not roads, will ease southbound congestion

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Infrastructure funding remains the final piece to be ready for 2012 target launch of new service

Via plan on track to run south in a.m.

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Our track is already laid; it needs to be beefed-up for commuter service.

Healing road paralysis with rail.

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just three of those "toothpicks" filled a rail car to overflowing.

Traces of Cowichan's green gold rush can still be found on trail

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Why bother keeping the E&N open?

Might as well close the E&N Railway

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Commuters bound for Victoria could see a rail transit option open up in the next year or two.

Train option eyed for commuters

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Raven Coal Project Public Comments

For Immediate Release

August 31, 2010

 

                         CEAA releases Raven Project public comments

 

Public comments to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) were released to the Raven Underground Coal Project today, following a request by the …

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case studies from Vancouver Island and northern New England in the United States to illustrate a potential ownership structure for the rail corridor

Regional railway authority the solution: Del Mastro

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E&N Dayliner to make special stop in the community to commemorate times gone by,

Saltair to celebrate big centennial

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If you want to track history on southern Vancouver Island, it's not that hard to do.

Dave Obee: Plenty of history along our old rail lines



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AND A COMMITTEE OF WESTSHORE MAYORS BELIEVES IT IS VITAL THE TRAIN CONTINUES TO RUN INTO DOWNTOWN.

WESTSHORE MAYORS WILLING TO "INVESTIGATE" FUNDING HELP FOR JOHNSON STREET RAIL BRIDGE

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support the idea of rebuilding the Vancouver Island rail system to heavy freight grade to carry coal,

Anti-coal Truck Petition Launched

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up to 22,000 rail cars worth of freight each year.

Coal mine could rejuvenate struggling rail line

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Vancouver Island is going to have massive growth over the next few decades –

Railroad could be used to manage Island growth

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The E&N is an integral part of Vancouver Island and brought B.C. into Confederation.

Rail line too useful to let decay

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Along the route, local folks stop to wave from railway crossings, and The Flag Lady waves Canadian and B.C. flags from her yard

Steam train transports adventurous visitors back in time

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The Dayliner was a relic when they first tried to abandon it more than 30 years ago.

July 13th 2010

Les Leyne: E&N's decline leading to highway hell



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

July 3rd 2010

 

A rich strike in Crofton proved more rumour than fact

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