Transportation

The Arbutus Canyon trestle on the E&N Railway near the Malahat has spent more than a decade sitting idle, pictured surrounded by forest.
The Arbutus Canyon trestle near the Malahat has spent more than a decade sitting idle. The Island Corridor Foundation says it’s time to resolve the underlying land claims and get the Vancouver Island railway back running before it’s too late.

You voted to tell us that passenger rail and public transportation is a major issue for Nanaimo and other Vancouver Island communities. So we investigated.

Is there a future for passenger rail on Vancouver Island?

What you need to know as the future of the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island hangs in balance.

The complicated history of Vancouver Island’s railway corridor

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