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The cost would be massively impacted by which bid is chosen and if it is HFR or HSR. The previously speculated cost between $6-billion and $12-billion would have been for HFR only. If HSR is selected, the cost could balloon to something near $100-billion for full HSR, depending how long the HSR...

I thought this was an interesting video explaining diesel tractive effort.

A gravity model works well to help compare transportation demand (not just rail) between markets with similar sinergies. In this case we have two cities in the same province, one of which is the provincial capital, with very little population between them. The most obvious compariale in the...

And it would probably cost about $200 in tolls...each way. People might start thinking twice about driving between cities though. 🤔

Exactly. It is tolled to maximize profitability. If doubling the toll results in 40% reduction in ridership, that improves profitability. Imagine if all 400 series highways in Ontario were privatized like the 407.

Exactly. If we were to see something like Brightline in the Corridor, they wouldn't want to serve either Toronto Union Station or Montreal Central Station, but instead want to build new stations that are surrounded by land that is owned by investor. They could buy the land around the exiting...

Agreed. Similarly I hope the entire 401 (from Windsor to the Quebec boarder) gets shut down, since it looses massive amounts of money every year. That would save taxpayers a bundle.

It’s amazing how many Canadians don’t know anything about our Constitution. Many will talk about their constitutional rights and then quote the American Constitution.

If PP defunded VIA (which is unlikely), Amtrak would be far more likely to obtain them than Ontario. If OntatioToronto did get them, they would cut all trains to Montreal (and east) and reduce the number of daily trains to Ottawa, from 10 down to 2 (like it was in the “glory days of rail”)...

Agreed, *adds “thumbs up” underneath trip report* :p

I haven't watched the video yet, but is this a video clip of a VIA Rail representative saying that, or did the reporter claim that VIA claims this? If the latter, I wouldn't trust reporters as far as I could throw them to get their facts straight. It is very likely that the reporter is...

Exactly! Air Canada has a codeshare agreement with SNCF, which increases their penetration into France. Air Canada co-owning HxR, gives them the opportunity to block other airlines from having that same opportunity in Canada.

And when they know that food and water isn’t coming even after they begged and pleaded? I’m curious how many people on this forum believe that they are perfect have never, ever made a bad decision that they later regretted?

If there isn't money to maintain the Newcastle Sub, what makes you think there would be money to reactivate the Fredericton Sub?

The big difference with the Maple Leaf is there is a crew Change in Niagara Falls, and it is operated by VIA Rail employees to/from Toronto. I doubt if Amtrak would want to do a crew change in Windsor to have all of VIA Rail's trains to Detroit operated by Amtrak employees for one stop so that...

As is Fallowfield (it isn't even close to the edge of the city limits). Hear is a fun map showing how the City of Ottawa is larger than the Cities of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, combined (thanks Mike Harris). Maybe not used in Toronto or Montreal, but in Ottawa's west...

The point would be to do customs and immigration in Detroit, not to have people get off the train in Windsor. There is a first time for everything. There is significant cost to operating a pre-clearance facility, especially if the location is far enough from the boarder that the agents need...

That certainly is another option. I was thinking that the Pontiac extension (along with other routes) would be better served by more of a Regional or Commuter rail type service so that the schedule could be decoupled from the Wolverine. Not a surprise though that Motor City doesn't have good...

That was my understanding as well, though I agree that some did seem confused. That is why I suggested that the best option would be to have all Wolverine (and VIA Western corridor) trains terminate at Michigan Central, and a new train run from Michigan Central to Pontiac (and beyond?). I...

It really depends on your definition of Regional Rail. In North America it tends to be synonymous with Commuter Rail, but in Europe, it has longer distances between stops than commuter rail. Those destinations would only make sense with the latter definition. I made a map showing approximate...