First Nations blockade disrupts train service between Toronto, Montreal

Via Rail trains departing, delayed and cancelled as displayed on the information board at Central Station in Montreal on March 19, 2014 (CTV Montreal/Jean Luc Boulch)

VIA Rail service between Montreal and Toronto, and between Ottawa and Toronto will not be running Wednesday because of a First Nations blockade.

The train company has issued a statement that Aboriginals have blocked the tracks between Belleville and Kingston, affecting trains from Ottawa and Montreal heading to Toronto.

VIA will be using buses to transport passengers instead, but is also offering passengers a full refund if they prefer.

The region is home to the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte-Tyendinaqa.

The group has blocked the tracks several times before, most recently in Dec. 2012 and January 2013, to protest the federal government's changes to the Indian Act.