/CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada
(TSB) will hold a media availability on September 9, 2010, to make
public the TSB investigation report (R09V0219) on the fatal collision
between VIA passenger train 198 and a vehicle at a railway crossing in
Nanaimo, British Columbia, on October 14, 2009.

The Investigator-in-Charge, Mr. Peter Hickli, and Mr. Dan Holbrook,
Manager, Head Office, Western Regional Operations - Rail, will answer
questions in English. Mr. Glen Pilon, Investigator/Technical
Coordinator, will address questions in French. The three experts will be
available for questions and interviews on site.

When:

Starting at 10 a.m. Pacific time on September 9, 2010

Who:

Mr. Dan Holbrook, Manager, Head Office, Western Regional Operations
- Rail
Mr. Peter Hickli, Investigator-in-Charge and
Mr. Glen
Pilon, Investigator/Technical Coordinator

Where:

South Pender Island Ballroom
Hotel Grand Pacific
463
Belleville Street
Victoria, British Columbia

For a French interview:

Mr. Glen Pilon, Investigator/Technical Coordinator

To schedule an interview:

Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Media Relations
Telephone:
819-994-8053

The news release will be posted, at the same time, on the TSB website at www.bst-tsb.gc.ca.

The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline,
railway and aviation transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the
advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the
Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.