Richard D. McGraw, President and Chief Executive Officer
Rick E. Gaetz, President and C.O.O., Vitran Distribution Systems
Kevin Glass, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

VITRAN CORPORATION INC.
(TSE: VTN.A, AMEX: VVN)

cordially invite you to participate in a conference call reviewing
Vitran's 2001 first quarter results

Friday, April 27^th at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Q1'01 results will be released earlier that day

Vcall Webcast of the call http://www.vcall.com/NASApp/VCall/EventPage?ID=72662  

Following the call's completion, there will be a reply beginning at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern). The replay will be available until Monday, April 30^th at midnight (Eastern). Dial-in is 800/633-8284 or 858/812-6440 (access code: 18604013).

Vitran Corporation Inc. (http://www.vitran.com)  is a North American group of transportation companies offering less-than-truckload, truckload, intermodal marketing, truckload brokerage and logistics services.

For more information, please contact
Sharon Younker at 416/596-7664 or syounker@vitran.com
Robert Rinderman at 212/835-8500 or VVN@jcir.com