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To pivot a bit, I have wondered this for a while. Why was the Sault - Hearst train cut, but Sudbury - White River train retained? They seem to be in a nearly identical financial and socioeconomic position, serving similar markets. Both were/are also funded by the federal government. It doesn't...

To be honest, I don't personally see interprovincial routes as a priority. The Canadian, Ocean, and Skeena are all rather uncessesary services that aren't entirely worthy of their subsidies, but maybe not worth the agony of cutting right now. The only sticking point is TO/OTT to Montreal, but...

On the one hand, I can understand that view, but when put against the backdrop of the Northlander, and GO Expansion, he would take it on in a heartbeat. The whole "we're getting Ontario families moving" shtick would be the kind of photo-op he would love to help boost him in the polls. It would...

I have read the article, which is why I found it relevant to this discussion. The whole "private competition" thing is very clearly a smokescreen. The current CPC is very anti-public institutions, and anti-crown corporation. The petition is also filled to the brim with platitudes about fiscal...

As it has been said, this discussion is slightly off topic, but I will reply to a previous post here and further discussion can perhaps move to the VIA thread. I think this sums up my argument as succinctly as possible...

Did it though? Or was it just circumstances that got in the way? By all accounts, it was well used, at least from Stratford. If line speed was up to a reasonable standard on the west end of the Guelph Sub, it probably would have been an unmitigated success. As long as we are going to just split...

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/passenger-rail-plan-loses-1m-commitment-from-nanaimo-regional-district-555823 The Regional District of Nanaimo has pulled its support for passenger rail and the ICF. Honestly, this is a pretty big win for the "Just take the bus" school of thought in...

This is a good point. Really, an organization like VIA should have these numbers on total external economic impact on hand for itself to justify its existence and defend itself from political attacks. I think the fact that we're having this discussion is telling of an important fact. VIA is...

This is something that I was trying to highlight on the non-corridor thread. It really feels like the idea that VIA will survive the Pollievre super-majority outside of the corridor is either naive or a coping mechanism. I think the only comforting thought is that services like the Ocean, and...

I'm not sure what you mean by this, since I am referring to passenger services outside the corridor, as the thread would suggest. In that specific service category, we are doing worse than 20 years ago. But as for VIA as an organization, where is your point of disagreement? In the best case...

A big question mark that I believe is hanging over VIA is whether there will be a new fleet at all. With a coming CPC supermajority, it's unlikely that even HFR will survive, let alone the large capital expenditure on a new fleet for unaffordable, lightly patroned services which don't serve an...

I've been thinking about this a bit, and I came to some conclusions. With Barrie, it was a logical extension of an existing line, had a good station location, and Barrie has far greater potential, to grow, densify and be a regional hub. With Niagara Falls, there was significant tourist demand...

Who cares if we close the door? The case for rail to Cambridge will never be there. Not least on this corridor. The population and travel patterns will never be the right mix to make this a wise investment. Canada's population will start shrinking before then. In that case, if the land can be...

https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/region-says-cambridge-go-train-has-good-chance-of-moving-forward-8463386 After attending the information session, it's hard not to get the impression that this is all but dead. I agree with Paul Langan on this one that a forced transfer will just kill...

There's also something to be said that the idea of ION stage 2 happening at all is laughable. A brutally slow service, as you point out, for $4.5 billion! There is no sense there. No government will ever provide funding for such a poor value project. If I'm not mistaken, the Region is already...

I just want to take this opportunity to once again reiterate how dumb the Cambridge to Guelph GO project is. I'm fairly certain the coming update will just kill off the project. $500 million for a shuttle! Just run a bus! And having a station at Pinebush is so far out of Cambridge where people...

I don't understand why people are so averse to busses. Busses are equally capable of providing a comfortable ride experience to train. I have taken many long distance bus journies before and what ever you get with a train is not worth the massive cost. The north would be better served by a...

2026? Perhaps there is still time to avert this disaster. I feel I'm a voice in the wilderness on this, but busses are more than adequate on this corridor. For the money the government will spend on this, you could have hourly busses between Timmins and Toronto which will make the journey...

https://betterislandtransit.ca/goals I feel like it is worth sharing the page of this new advocacy group here. Better Island Transit is advocating for affordable and frequent bus services for Vancouver Island. From their goals page, there is a very important statement which pertains...

Serious question. Is renewing the long-distance fleet the right move? With the likely billions we will spend, we could probably establish and equip a universal and frequent national bus network. Any equipment order would likely only be sufficient to maintain the existing poor frequency which...