Via Rail lines back to normal after Ontario derailment
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 | 6:25 AM ET
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All Via Rail train lines were back in full service Tuesday morning, following the cleanup of a major derailment that disrupted the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto corridor.
Routes between Toronto and Montreal as well as between Toronto and Ottawa have been restored, agents from Via Rail confirmed with the CBC on Tuesday.
On Monday morning, 32 cars of a 142-car freight train jumped the tracks just before 6:30 a.m. ET near the station in Kingston, Ont.
There were no reported injuries, but Via Rail said the Ministry of the Environment had been called to investigate one car that was spilling light industrial oil.
Via Rail temporarily closed access to its Kingston station Monday morning and suspended ticket sales for destinations between Toronto and Ottawa or Montreal.
Via said customers holding rail tickets for the corridor would be put on buses for at least part of their trip during the rest of Monday, and would likely face travel delays of approximately two hours.
The derailment also blocked road traffic at the level crossing at John Counter Boulevard near the train station.
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