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Coronavirus: Via Rail announces new service suspensions amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Via Rail says it is further reducing train service —  as well as suspending business class seating and closing its business lounges — in response to the new coronavirus.

Though some trains are still in operation, the majority of service within the Quebec City to Windsor, Ont., corridor has been suspended.

For two routes — Senneterre, Que., to Jonquière, Que., and Sudbury, Ont., to White River, Ont. — service is being reduced to one round trip per week.

Via Rail said in a statement that the decisions were made due to a significant drop in passengers, along with recommendations from public health for social distancing. “These new measures we are announcing today are difficult, but the current situation is exceptional and calls for an

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