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I could drive between Halifax and Toronto in 20 hours. Just the section from Montreal to Halifax will take a full day. https://www.viarail.ca/en/plan/train-schedules/montreal-halifax
I’d still do it once with a sleeper car, but will fly on future runs.
Outside of the Corridor, Via cannot compete with other modes of transportation. Along the Corridor, the time difference isn't that bad.
via needs to significantly improve their travel times if they are to be able to take any share off of cars and planes.
The problem is not Via.The problem is CN and the way they fit them in their system. A simple fine system that would cost CN more to let Via run late would be a good start. Reality is, outside of the Corridor, Via has no desire to take any share of cars or planes.
Well the Corridor will soon be removed from VIA and reformed into its own operation along with HxR. If they are to survive that in the long term via must vouch for the govt to do something or build their own rail where they can. Piggybacking onto freight lines has run its course with usefulness
How often do we have to debunk this BS? The only way by which CN would possibly accept any financial penalties is by setting their rates so high that they are guaranteed their desired revenues even if the penalties accumulate to the contractually agreed cap. VIA‘s TSA payments are simply too microscopic compared to CN‘s other sources of revenues as that they could possibly incentivize CN‘s behaviour…
The main difference between VIA and yourself is that VIA desires to transport passengers and provide a useful service to this country, whereas you seem to hate nothing more than the idea of running passenger trains where they would actually serve anyone beyond foamers…
The Corridor is competitive with driving.
Which is why nothing will change. The government and Via cannot push for that, and, like you say, even if they did, CN would make it even worse financially. Reality is, not much will change until the government is willing to go head to head with the 2 rail giants. And that is even more of a fantasy that much of what I have ever posted.
I want all trains to be full. Hard to do that if it cannot stay on time or be fast enough to use. Imagine if all Corridor trains were at least an hour late and took twice as long as they currently do to do a run. That is the reality that outside of the Corridor can be.
No, you hate passengers and that‘s why you keep obsessing about running passenger services where they could never provide a viable alternative to cars, buses or planes. You only measure success in train miles offered, whereas everyone else would measure it in passenger miles or cost-recovery rates. Now go back to your troll thread and stop spamming this thread (3 posts in 6 minutes, wtf?) with your eversame nonsense and whining!
Not sure how you get the hatred of passengers. I hate empty trains.Empty trains are a problem that should be prevented. I want all trains to be full all the time. Maybe not standby/being bumped, like planes, but full enough that the fare paid covers the cost of that train.
I looked into taking VIA to Halifax from Toronto. It was a 29 hour trip. Compared to a 3 hour flight, I couldn't justify it.
