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My point is that a train that zips pass the station without stopping doesn't count as a train for that station. Looking at the current...

VIA aren't in a position to guarantee anything with respect to post HFR service since the government decided they wouldn't be running it...

Or purchase shunt enhancers, when they are available and approved for use. There might be an argument to order some additional mid-train...

If they are going to grow the business, yes. The Venture order was sized on a seat-for-seat basis relative to the “old” fleet. In...

Given that the OP was complaining about the age of the equipment, there is a good chance that it was a flat spot on a wheel.

What do you think “Detroit MCR” stands for? 🙂

They don't care. I once had a reason to take the bus to Syracuse from Toronto. It crossed at Queenston Lewiston into the US. Someone had...

Chicago timings are of course in Central Time, so 5.5 hours both ways. The plan is to have the Amtrak train terminate/originate at a...

Transport Action Canada quoted some schedule, which showed that eastbound passenger delayed by Canadian border processing would have a...

VIA has about 4 trains a day to Toronto, so it likely wouldn't be a 24 hour wait eastbound. Granted that could be more of a problem...

Sure, but then that’s likely part of the negotiations with Amtrak: - Allow a Chicago person to get to Detroit, either directly or as...

Heck, the fact that there isn’t a Montreal-Sherbrooke train service is frustrating. Decent population, lots of students and already...

The difference between how Amtrak works and how VIA works is the State-supported routes. All we have is “NEC” and “long distance” and...

Separate trains will also help speed things up. With one train, they have to wait until everyone has cleared customs and immigration...

This - as long as you have to have a 2 seat ride it makes little sense to make it the same seat.