Defending women's champion Irina Mikitenko will travel via rail from her home in central Germany.

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Via Rail said that "at no time" were passengers or members of the public in imminent danger.

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Carrier VIA Rail runs almost 500 trains each week on dozens of year-round routes, including its flagship transcontinental Toronto-to-Vancouver service.

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Once the coal is offloaded, some will immediately be sent out via rail freight trains to the Drax power station.

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Amtrak and Via Rail Canada jointly operate routes between the United States and Canada, including the Maple Leaf from New York City to Toronto.

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The RCMP said the two men, who were not Canadian citizens, had planned to derail a train operated by VIA Rail and "kill and hurt people".

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The HS2 network, which will link Manchester to Birmingham and London via high-speed rail, will enter the city through a 7.5 mile (12km) tunnel.

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It said the site would be linked to London by the existing HS1 high-speed rail line, the A2 and M20 and to Europe via the Eurostar service.

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The new Southeastern HighSpeed service has transformed rail access to London, and also offers big time savings for journeys to places via Stratford, King's Cross, St Pancras and Euston.

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In a letter to Mayor Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder (via Freemark), the business leaders behind M-1 urge the officials to push forward with the rail line as a complement to the bus-rapid system (BRT).

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