http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/801/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/trains-untapped-potential/11915 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> VIA Rail says train popularity is down, others argue railway travel in Canada could be so much more </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2359155294_b6c7ed81d7_o.jpg" alt="" title="A Montreal-Halifax Ocean line Via Rail train (photo by abdallahh, Flickr)." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Even in the face of recent VIA Rail service cuts, Marcus Garnet is hopeful. &ldquo;Statistics in the US are showing that the younger generation are not as interested in car ownership than our Generation X,&rdquo; says the vice president of <a href="http://atlantic.transport-action.ca" rel="nofollow">Transport Action Atlantic</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/trains-untapped-potential/11915" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/trains-untapped-potential/11915#comments Rebecca Hsu Transportation Trains via rail Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:41:08 +0000 Natascia Lypny 11915 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca