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Alstom to Build New VIA Rail Canada Trains Under $4.7 Billion Contract

VIA Rail Canada has ordered 313 new passenger rail cars under a 4.7 billion CAD agreement with Alstom. Notably, the vehicles will be designed, manufactured and assembled in Canada.

Alstom to Build New VIA Rail Canada Trains Under $4.7 Billion Contract

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VIA Rail Canada has ordered 313 new passenger rail cars under a 4.7 billion CAD agreement with Alstom.

Notably, the vehicles will be designed, manufactured and assembled in Canada.

The contract, announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Thunder Bay, Ontario, will see passenger cars for VIA Rail built domestically for the first time in […]

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VIA Rail Canada has ordered 313 new passenger rail cars under a 4.7 billion CAD agreement with Alstom. Notably, the vehicles will be designed, manufactured and assembled in Canada. The contract, announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Thunder Bay, Ontario, will see passenger cars for VIA Rail built domestically for the first time in […]

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