The End
By the late 1980s, federal budgets were under serious pressure, and the Mulroney government's 1989 budget proved disastrous for Via Rail. The last trains left Winnipeg and Vancouver on January 14, 1990, after which the Super Continental was abolished. This left The Canadian as Via's sole transcontinental train, which today operates three times a week Vancouver to Toronto, but over the CN route of the original Super Continental rather than on its original CPR trackage.
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