MONTRÉAL – VIA Rail Canada is awarding two contracts for the modernization of its maintenance centers in Toronto and Montréal. VIA awarded the contract for construction at the Toronto Maintenance Center to Buttcon Limited, based in Concord, Ontario. Pomerleau Inc., based in Montréal has been awarded the contract for work at the Montréal Maintenance Center.
VIA said the upgrades will allow the centers to become the home base for the maintenance of VIA’s new Siemens-built Venture trainsets to be used in Quebec City – Windsor corridor while maintaining and servicing its existing fleet. A total of 32 trainsets, with a total cost of more than C$989 million, are expected to be delivered by 2024. Funding for the maintenance center projects was provided in the 2018 Canadian federal budget, and construction will begin in the spring of 2023 with a targeted completion date of 2026.
“We are proud to work with two exceptional Canadian partners on these two projects,” Martin R. Landry, VIA Rail President and CEO said in a news release. “The modernization of our maintenance centers is an important step in the fleet replacement program and in VIA Rail’s overall modernization process. These centers will allow us to maintain the new Corridor fleet that embodies the vision we have for the VIA Rail of tomorrow.”
The first train in the new corridor fleet saw its first passengers this month with a full commercial launch planned for 2023.
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