VIA's Venture fleet expanding to Windsor, Ont., this summer - Trains

WINDSOR, Ontario — Although no effective date has been announced, VIA Rail Canada CEO Mario Péloquin said last week at a public event that the new Siemens trainsets would begin migrating to Toronto-Windsor trains this summer. The Venture equipment debuted by replacing 1950s-vintage Budd stainless steel HEP-1 and HEP-2 coaches and 1980s Bombardier “Light Rapid Comfortable” LRCs on departures serving Quebec City and Ottawa out of Montreal. Some service expanded to Toronto late last year [see “First VIA Siemens trainsets …