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Via Rail service to resume between Ottawa and Quebec City

Passenger trains will run again between Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City starting on Thursday.

All other trains along rail corridor remain cancelled due to Belleville-area blockade

A VIA Rail employee stands on the platform next to a F40 locomotive at the train station in Ottawa on December 3, 2012.
While Via Rail service between Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City is set to resume Thursday, all other Via Rail trains remain cancelled, except between Sudbury and White River, Ont., and Churchill and The Pas, Man. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

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  • On Saturday, Via Rail said full service between the three cities would resume Monday, Feb. 24.
  • Partial service had been in place since Thursday.

Passenger trains will run again between Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City starting on Thursday.

Via Rail said CN, which owns those rail lines, has notified the company that itcan run trains again on that section of the line beginning on the morning of Feb. 20.

Passengers who already had one of these trips booked will have their reservations honoured, Via Rail said in a news release.

All other Via Rail trains remain cancelled, except between Sudbury and White River, Ont., and Churchill and The Pas, Man.

A separate news release from Via Rail issued Monday afternoon said passengers can cancel online with a full refund if they have a trip booked before this coming Sunday, including return trips later on if the first leg is this week.

Thenearly national shutdown began Feb. 13 after initially affecting trains east of Toronto.

Protestors with or supporting the Mohawks of Tyendinaga have been set up beside tracks near Belleville, Ont., since Feb. 6 to protest the RCMP's raids in Wet'suwet'en territory in northern B.C.

Via Rail said as of Monday, 470 trains had been cancelled.