Book our chartered cars for a unique event | VIA Rail

Services offered on board the train | VIA Rail

Discover the VIA Rail Blog, travel tips and inspiration | VIA Rail

Page not found | VIA Rail

Menu, Food and Drinks on board | VIA Rail

Plan your trip | VIA Rail

Frequently Asked Questions | VIA Rail

Cookie Policy | VIA Rail

Discover our train cars and locomotives | VIA Rail

VIA Préférence Program | VIA Rail

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

March 2026

February 2026

VIA Rail Canada

Title / URL	Issues
Book our chartered cars for a unique event \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/chartered-train-cars	4
Services offered on board the train \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/onboard-train	4
Discover the VIA Rail Blog, travel tips and inspiration \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/blog	4
Page not found \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/invented-url-for-404-page	4
Menu, Food and Drinks on board \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/onboard-train/meals	4
Plan your trip \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan	4
Frequently Asked Questions \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/faq	4
Cookie Policy \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/cookie-policy	4
Discover our train cars and locomotives \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/plan/our-trains	4
VIA Préférence Program \| VIA Railwww.viarail.ca/en/offers/via-preference	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

VIA Rail Canada

Where this issue has occurred