6 women banned from Via Rail after raucous ride
CBC News
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 7:41 AM ET
Last Updated: Jan 21, 2013 1:32 PM ET
Six women from Windsor-Essex will have to find a different mode of transportation the next time they plan a girls weekend out of town.
Windsor Police say they were called to the Via Rail train station Sunday night to deal with several intoxicated passengers.
Via employees told police the women were noisy, disruptive and argumentative. It's alleged the passengers walked up and down the aisles of the train, yelling and screaming because they had been cut off from being served alcohol.
They allegedly used derogatory and homophobic slurs.
Police charged the women — aged 23 to 52 — with trespassing.
Via will not allow them to ride the train in the future, according to police.
The women had travelled to Toronto for the weekend to see a stage production, police said.
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