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Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million
Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million

Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million

Date2/4/1985
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  • Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750,000 fewer fellow passengers, and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million
  • Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750;000 fewer fellow passengers; and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Losing steam: The 6.3 million riding VIA's trains last year saw 750;000 fewer fellow passengers; and the crown corporation says it lost $506 million.
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      Time runs out: A woman surveys the departure times in Union Station yesterday during the countdown to oblivion for many VIA passenger trains across Canada
      Time runs out: A woman surveys the departure times in Union Station yesterday during the countdown to oblivion for many VIA passenger trains across Canada
      Bock, Tony
      1/14/1990
      Like clockwork?: Of 134 trains that will depart today, 38 will likely arrive at their destinations late, VIA says
      Like clockwork?: Of 134 trains that will depart today, 38 will likely arrive at their destinations late, VIA says
      Goode, Jeff
      2/4/1985
      Arthur F. Knowles: TV Ontario's plea for funds from its viewers is alarming in view of the fact that the station has done so poorly with the $30 million already provided by the taxpayers, reader says. Crown corporation can't begin to compete with Buffalo's PBS station.
      Arthur F. Knowles: TV Ontario's plea for funds from its viewers is alarming in view of the fact that the station has done so poorly with the $30 million already provided by the taxpayers, reader says. Crown corporation can't begin to compete with Buffalo's PBS station.
      Bull, Ron
      4/9/1982
      A lengthy lineup of rail passengers wait to board trains at Union Station - what some call the 'cattle line
      A lengthy lineup of rail passengers wait to board trains at Union Station - what some call the 'cattle line
      Stawicki, Andrew
      2/28/1987
      Where passengers will alight and board trains at Toronto Union Station when wor
      Where passengers will alight and board trains at Toronto Union Station when wor
      James, H.
      12/10/1929
      Two Trains collide at Go station - two passengers wearing neck Braces sharing cough drops
      Two Trains collide at Go station - two passengers wearing neck Braces sharing cough drops
      Bull, Ron
      11/19/1997
      Some 7 million passengers, equivalent to more than a third of Canada's population, used Toronto International Airport last year
      Some 7 million passengers, equivalent to more than a third of Canada's population, used Toronto International Airport last year
      Geo, Mario
      2/11/1971
      Stouffville commuter fumes over Via's Aurora special(
      Stouffville commuter fumes over Via's Aurora special(
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/7/1978
      Colin Muncie: Says train's comfort beats frustration of riding subway.
      Colin Muncie: Says train's comfort beats frustration of riding subway.
      Bull, Ron
      3/8/1990
      Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target
      Chopped Enough? The bitter coast-to-coast protests following passenger-train cuts last year make Via Rail an unlikely target
      Bock, Tony
      1/18/1990
      His weapon's the Dash-8: Air Atonabee president Joe Csumrik of Peterborough is staking $30 million on the 2-engined, 36-passenger de Havilland Dash 8, to gain the lion's share of the Toronto Ottawa-Montreal business passenger trade. John Gilmore of Montreal is betting $35 million on the Dash 7. It'll be no contest, says Csumrik, above, in the cockpit of his firm's plane.
      His weapon's the Dash-8: Air Atonabee president Joe Csumrik of Peterborough is staking $30 million on the 2-engined, 36-passenger de Havilland Dash 8, to gain the lion's share of the Toronto Ottawa-Montreal business passenger trade. John Gilmore of Montreal is betting $35 million on the Dash 7. It'll be no contest, says Csumrik, above, in the cockpit of his firm's plane.
      Slaughter, Mike
      7/21/1983
      Crown prince: of a fashion empire that nets him $13 million a year in royalties alone, Ralph Lauren says he's never believed in fashion and calls his clothes 'antistyle'
      Crown prince: of a fashion empire that nets him $13 million a year in royalties alone, Ralph Lauren says he's never believed in fashion and calls his clothes 'antistyle'
      Cooper, David
      9/30/1979