Exhibit 99.1

News release via Canada NewsWire, Toronto 416-863-9350

	    Attention Business Editors:
	    Vitran Corporation Inc. to present at 2008 Morgan Keegan Equity
	    Conference on September 5

	    TORONTO, Sept. 2 /CNW/ - Vitran Corporation Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNC, TSX:
VTN), a North American transportation and logistics firm, today announced that
it is scheduled to present at the 2008 Morgan Keegan Equity Conference on
Friday, September 5, 2008. Vitran President & Chief Executive Officer Rick
Gaetz will address the investment community at approximately 10:05 a.m. ET in
Grand Salon C at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN that morning.
	    A live and archived webcast of the presentation will be available in the
'Investor Relations' section of www.vitran.com.

	    About Vitran Corporation Inc.

	    Vitran Corporation Inc. is a North American group of transportation
companies offering less-than-truckload, logistics, truckload, and freight
brokerage services. To find out more about Vitran Corporation Inc.
(NASDAQ:VTNC, TSX:VTN), visit the website at www.vitran.com.

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	    /For further information: Richard Gaetz, President/CEO; Sean Washchuk, VP
Finance/CFO, Vitran Corporation Inc., (416) 596-7664; Robert Rinderman;
Norberto Aja, Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated, (212) 835-8500 or VTNC(at)jcir.com/
	    (VTNC VTN.)

CO:  Vitran Corporation Inc.

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