News photo: More testing for VIA Siemens equipment

News photo: More testing for VIA Siemens equipment

By Trains Staff | August 12, 2022

| Last updated on February 23, 2024


First corridor trainset continues preparation for revenue debut

Yellow and gray passenger trian with streamlined locomotive in rural setting
Charger locomotive No. 2201 leads VIA’s first Siemens corridor trainset through Mosborough, Ontario, on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022 (Stephen C. Host)

KITCHENER, Ontario — VIA Rail Canada’s first set of new Siemens-built equipment for corridor service was back in action testing on Thursday, Aug. 11., operating as train 688 on CN’s Guelph Subdivision from London via Stratford and Kitchener toward Toronto. This trainset was delivered last September; a second trainset arrived from Siemens’ Sacramento, Calif., factory, last Sunday, Aug. 7. VIA expects the first of the equipment to enter revenue service later this year.

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