Ukuhamba kwe-VIA Rail Canada kunye nengeniso ziyaqhubeka nokukhula

 AMAKHONDO

• Riderhip phezulu 5.1%
• Ingeniso yabagibeli inyuke nge-8.4%
• Ukufikeleleka okukhulu kwisikhululo se-Ottawa
• Ukuqaliswa kwenkqubo yokuTshintshwa kweFleet eNokia Siemens
• Ukuchongwa kwamalungu amathathu ebhodi ye-VIA Rail
• Ukuqeshwa kwe UCynthia Garneau njengoMongameli neGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba soLawulo lwe-VIA Rail

I-VIA Rail Canada inika ingxelo yokunyuka kwe-5.1%, ngelixa ingeniso yabakhweli iphuculwe nge-8.4% xa kuthelekiswa nekota yokuqala yowama-2018. Ezi ziphumo zimele ikota yethu ye-13 ilandelelana yokunyuka kwezithuthi kunye nekota yethu yama-20 yokukhula kwengeniso. Ukongeza, imali yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye nomkhweli wabahambi kwiQuebec City-Windsor corridor ikhule nge-5.0% kunye ne-7.8% ngokwahlukeneyo kwi-Q1 2019, xa kuthelekiswa nelo xesha linye kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

"Abantu baseCanada baphinde bakhetha ukubeka ithemba labo kwi-VIA Rail kwikota yokuqala ye-2019," utshilo u-Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, owayesakuba nguMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-VIA Rail. “Ukukhula okuqhubekekayo kokuthandwa kwenkonzo yethu kubonisa ukukhula kwesazela esingqongileyo saseCanada kunye nomnqweno oqinileyo wabakhenkethi wokuthatha indlela ekrelekrele, elula, ekhululekileyo nezinzileyo. Iziphumo ezincumisayo zale kota yokuqala naleyo yale minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo zibonisa ukuzimisela okukhethekileyo kubasebenzi bethu. Kule kota yamashumi amabini neyokugqibela njengoMongameli kunye neGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba se-VIA Rail, ngoku kunanini na ngaphambili ndingathanda ukubabulela ngokuzinikela kwabo kunye nobungcali babo. Ngokunjalo, ndiqinisekile ukuba owangena ezihlangwini zam, uNks. Cynthia Garneau, uzakufezekisa izinto ezinkulu ngokwakhela kule nguqu esele iqhubeka. ”

“Ndichulumancile kukuthatha izintso zeli qhinga laseCanada, elibone impumelelo enkulu kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo ngenxa yobunkokheli balowo undilandelayo uYves Desjardins-Siciliano. I-VIA Rail yenze indlela ebonakalayo ngokubhekisele kokukhula kunye nokuphuculwa. Ndizimisele ekwakheni kulo mzuzu kunye nabo bonke abasebenzi be-VIA Rail ukuze sikwazi ukuqhubeka nokwenza utshintsho kunye nokuguqula uhambo lwabantu baseCanada ngokwenza iindlela ezikrelekrele zokuhamba. Ndikunye nabo, ndizakudlulela phambili kwindlela yethu emiselwe kakuhle siqonde kwikamva elizinzileyo nelinoxanduva ”, utshilo uCynthia Garneau, uMongameli neGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba kuVIA Rail.

Amagqabantshintshi eKota yokuQala eKota

Ukubeka abakhweli kuqala
NgoFebruwari u-VIA Rail watyhila isikhululo esitsha esasilungisiwe sase-Ottawa, ngoku esihamba ngokwemigangatho yokufikeleleka kwamazwe aphela kwabantu abanciphise ukuhamba kunye nabakhathaleli babo. Utyalo-mali oluzizigidi ezili-15 lukhokele kulwakhiwo lwe-tactile (yabangaboni kakuhle) kunye neqonga lokufudumeza elifudumeleyo, elinendlela yokungena kwinqanaba lomnyango wololiwe owenza abakhweli ukuba bakhwele kwaye bazikhuphe ngokulula. Ukongeza, iilifti ezimbini ezintsha ngoku zibonelela ngokufikelela kwindalo yonke kuwo onke amaqonga. Injongo ye-VIA Rail kukwenza isikhululo se-Ottawa imigangatho yegolide yokuhamba okuzinzileyo, apho i-VIA Rail ijonge ukuseka uyilo lwexesha elizayo.

UJUNO Express
Njengenxalenye yobambiswano lwethu neCanada Academy yoBugcisa bezoBugcisa kunye neeNzululwazi, i-VIA Rail ibambe iingcali zomculo zomculo zaseCanada ezingama-250 kunye nabalandeli kwiJUNO Express ngo-Matshi, uloliwe weVIP osuka eToronto esiya kwiiMbasa zeJUNO eLondon, Ontario. Iindwendwe zinamava omdlalo ngabatyunjwa abane beJUNO, amava okuntywila emanzini yinkampani yaseCanada iStingray, kunye nezinye izinto ezimangalisayo zomculo kunye nolonwabo.

Iiprojekthi zala maxesha
Inqanawa entsha yoololiwe-Emva kwesibhengezo malunga nenqanawa entsha emiselwe ukwenziwa kwipaseji yaseQuebec-Windsor, kwikota yokuqala ye-2019 kuphawulwe ukuqaliswa kwemisebenzi yeprojekthi ngamaqela ohlukeneyo oLoliwe we-VIA, kunye nokuqaliswa kwenkqubo yokuthengwa kweNokia Canada ukufumana abathengisi bale projekthi ibalulekileyo. Abafaki-zicelo abafakwe kuluhlu olufutshane bamenywa kumsitho woSuku lweeMveliso lwabakwa-Nokia ngoMatshi 27 ukuya ku-28, ngethuba apho bachazwayo ngeprojekthi. Ukukhethwa kwabanikezeli nge-Nokia kuya kusekelwa kumaxabiso, umgangatho kunye nokukwazi ukuhambisa kwishedyuli.

Inkqubo yoLungiso lweLifa leMveli yeLifa leMveli-NgoFebruwari, abasebenzi be-VIA Rail bamenywa ukuba batyelele eyokuqala, ehlaziyiweyo imoto ye-VIA Rail HEP II yeShishini. Yayithunyelwa ngokusemthethweni kwikhorido yaseQuebec City-Windsor de kwafika inqwelo entsha. Uphuculo lubandakanya ukulungiswa kwenkqubo yangoku yeemoto ukuqinisekisa ukuthembeka kwexesha elide kunye nokuphuculwa koyilo lwangaphakathi lwazo. Ukongeza, i-VIA Rail iyaqhubeka nokusebenzisana kwayo nabathengisi abakhethiweyo bokuhlaziywa kweenqanawa zayo ze-HEP.

Innovation
Kwikota yokuqala ye-2019, zonke izinto ezenziwayo kwabelwana ngazo noManyano lwaMazwe ngaMazwe loLoliwe (i-UIC) kulandela ubungqina obunempumelelo bengqondo yeprojekthi edibeneyo ye-VIA Rail-UIC kwisikhululo sase-Ottawa. Eli nyathelo libandakanya ukubekwa kwe-beacon-basedfinding kunye ne-echolocation yokufumanisa umqobo kwitekhnoloji evumela iimfama kunye nabahambi abangaboni kakuhle ukuba bahambe kwisitishi ngokuzimela.

Awards
NgoFebruwari i-VIA Rail yafumana iBhaso likaMongameli kwiCanada Council ye-Blind. Eli bhaso liyayamkela imizamo yethu yokwenza izinto ezintsha nokufumana iindlela ezintsha zokuphelisa izithintelo kwabo bangakwazi kuhamba kakuhle. Eyona njongo ye-VIA yoLoliwe kukunyusa ukufikeleleka kuzo zonke ii-asethi zayo, ukunceda ukudala isithintelo-eCanada.

Khu seleko no Khu seleko
Ukulungela ubusika -Ulwazi ngenani eliphezulu kuneliqhelekileyo lokuhamba nokulibaziseka kokufika ngenxa yemozulu ecel'umngeni ngexesha lasebusika lika-2017-2018, iqela leMechanical kunye neleSondlo liphumeze iprojekthi ye-Read Readiness Playbook. Injongo kukunciphisa iziphumo zeemeko ezinzima zasebusika kumaxesha ethu okuhamba kunye neenqanawa zethu ngokubanzi ngokulungelelanisa ngcono imeko zasebusika. Xa uthelekisa ubusika u-2018-2019 nobusika ka-2017-2018 *, i-Play Readiness Playbook inegalelo ekunciphiseni i-28% kubo bonke oomatshini kunye nokulibaziseka koololiwe okunxulumene nolondolozo kwizigidi zeekhilomitha kunye nokuncitshiswa kwe-31% koomatshini kunye nokulibaziseka okunxulumene nolondolozo.

* Ixesha lasebusika liqala nge-1 Oktobha ukuya kwi-31 kaMatshi.

Amapolisa oololiwe i-VIA -Kwikota yokuqala, i-VIA Rail Police kunye noKhuseleko lwezoShishino baqhubeka nokuqesha nokuhambisa amapolisa oololiwe ecaleni kwendlela yaseQuebec-Windsor, kwaye bandise iqela labo lesibini eLondon, e-Ontario. La manyathelo aya kuqinisekisa ukhuseleko oluqhubekayo lwabakhweli be-VIA Rail, abasebenzi kunye nepropathi ngelixa bexhasa iinkonzo zikaloliwe.

Ukuqhubeka ukomeleza ubudlelwane bethu nabemi boMthonyama
Le kota yokuqala ibilixesha elibaluleke kakhulu ngokumanyanisa ubudlelwane bethu nabameli abathile Bomthonyama. Njengenxalenye yokusebenzisana kwethu okuhlaziyiweyo neCanada Council ye-Aboriginal Business (CCAB), siye sabamba iintlanganiso ukuxoxa malunga nokuthengwa kwempahla kunye nenkqubo yokuqinisekiswa kokusebenza komdibaniso kubudlelwane boMthonyama, njengoko iqumrhu lisendleleni yokufumana inqanaba lalo II PAR (Progressive Aboriginal Relations ) isiqinisekiso. I-VIA Rail ikwangumlingane oziqhenyayo we-2019 Indspire Gala, umsitho wonyaka oxhasa iinkqubo zemfundo kulutsha lwabeMthonyama kwaye uyayiqonda impumelelo yabantu Bomthonyama.

Ukuqonda imikhosi yethu exhobileyo
Ukuqaqambisa igalelo loMkhosi oxhobileyo waseCanada ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi, i-VIA Rail idibene noMkhosi weVeterans eCanada ukuphawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-75 yedabi laseNormandy. Iibhutsi zokulwa zabekwa kuloliwe ukwenza uhambo olude ukusuka eVancouver ukuya eHalifax, bema kwiindawo ezahlukileyo apha endleleni yeminyhadala yamagqala kunye neentsapho zabo kwizikhululo zikaloliwe iVIA.

Ukuhamba okuzinzileyo
Ukuhamba okuzinzileyo yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokuba singobani kwaye siqhuba njani ishishini lethu. Ngenxa yoko, siye sanegalelo saza sathabatha inxaxheba kwimisitho eliqela eyayibanjwe yimibutho enomnqophiso wokukhuthaza uqoqosho oluzinzileyo kunye nokuhamba okuluhlaza okufana neTrajectoire Quebec kunye neFemmessor Institute.

Uloliwe ohamba rhoqo
Phantse ikhulu leentlanganiso kunye nabameli abahlukeneyo abavela kuluntu ngokubanzi kwipaseji yaseQuebec-Ontario, i-VIA Rail yaqhubeka nengxoxo kwaye yafunda iimbono zamaqela kwiprojekthi ye-High Frequency Rail (HFR). Phakathi kwezinye iziphumo, le ngxoxo yabahlali ikhokele iCentral Frontenac, iChambre de commerce et d'industries de Trois-Rivières kunye nesixeko saseTrois-Rivières ukuqinisekisa inkxaso yabo kwi-High Frequency Rail (HFR).

Ukwahluka kunye nokubandakanya iseshoni yokugaya
Nge-16 kaFebruwari, amapolisa e-VIA Rail kunye nabaqeshi baya kuhlelo lokuqala lweDiversité en uniforme (Ukwahluka kweYunifomu) eMontréal. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwethu kwimisitho enjalo kusinceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba abasebenzi beVIA Rail babonisa iyantlukwano yoluntu esiwusebenzelayo.

Ukuqeshwa kwabalawuli beBhodi ye-VIA
Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibhozo ku-Matshi, amalungu amathathu amatsha onyulwe kwiBhodi yoLawulo lwe-VIA. Amalungu amatsha ngala: Mnu Grant Christoff (Vancouver, BC), Nksz Miranda Keating Erickson (Calgary, AB), kunye noNks Viola Ann Timmons (Regina, SK).