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Huh? No one is suggesting having 2 separate trains with a deadhead. Amtrak is suggesting they transport everyone to and from Windsor. I am suggesting that having VIA transport everyone to and from Detroit would make more sense.

I would argue that the name Bonaventure also ignores Gare Central in it's name. Of course the history is when Bonaventure station was built, it served two train stations (Gare Central and Windsor Station), but it would be easy enough to add a suffix to the name today (for example "Bonaventure -...

To be fair, the "silly" part is having the transfer in Windsor. Detroit is a far more significant destination, so having to transfer just to travel 1 stop on the Wolverine doesn't make sense. Michigan Central needs to be upgraded anyway, so why not add the customs facilities there. One of the...

This whole discussion about the O-Train VIA Rail Station name could also apply to Montreal's Metro. For someone trying to get to Gare Central using STM's official PDF Metro Map. The only indication that you need to use Boneventure Station is a tiny icon, similar to OC Transpo's map, though OC...

Because the perfect place to run high speed trains that don’t stop, is through density populated neighbourhoods, where you maximize the number of crossings that need to be grade separated.

Not sure what app you are using, or options you have selected, but here is what I get. Not a massive amount of traffic, but not the barren wasteland your map shows.

Certainly the politicians like to call it an LRT because of the small town attituded within this city. Just because you paint an orange red, it doesn't become an apple, regardless of how much you beleive oranges are extravegent and apples are more trendy. Thank you for the definition. In...

It is only 132 km from Union to Niagara Falls, which is very short for an inter-city service. Having GO take over the service and operate it as a regional rail service makes a lot of sense. As for Sarnia, it is a 95 km branch from the main Toronto-London-Windsor route. With a CA population of...

The link you provided was for the southern extension of the original Trillium Line (Line 2), which is under construction and expected to open later this year. None of the stations on Line 2 serve either of Ottawa's VIA Rail stations, though it does cross VIA Rail's track, which will be grade...

I would be very curios to hear a ball park on how many people boarded at Ottawa, Fallowfield, Smiths Falls and Brockville. Also, what day of the week was it?

I wouldn't make that assumption. The development could be planning on using the existing tunnel to the VIA Rail Station. That could explain VIA Rail's concerns.

Possible, but HxR will hurt Porter far more than it will hurt AC and Porter is filling the hole left behind by AC's strategy of funneling almost all travelers through Star Aliance hubs by offering direct flights from YOW that AC would rather have people connect in YUL or YYZ. As a result AC is...

Nothing new, but an interesting interview with Martin Imbleau about HxR. https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/high-speed-rail-between-toronto-and-quebec-city-likely-still-more-than-a-decade-away-says-ceo I thought the following comment interesting:

I guess it depends on your definition of "knowingly allow" but this video is an interesting case of people knowing that the bridge was unsafe, but not doing anything about it (granted it wasn't a rail bridge).

It is quite possible that CP agreed not to compete with CN on this route. I suspect it happened when CN started operating Turbo, though I could be proven wrong. Not quite sure what your point is, but okay. Canadian Rail fans often confuse VIA Rail's and Amtrak's histories. Don't forget CN...

This argument gets tiring. WRT CPKC, the government wanted a railway to BC, but didn't want to build it themself, so they worked out a deal, with the CPR, if you build a railway, we will give you land. Quid pro quo. Later, when VIA took over CP's passenger service, it was VIA who approached CP...

The problem is funding. VIA wrote a Proposal for Elevated Passenger Platforms for Ottawa Train Station in 2016. They got funding for Stage 1A (which they have completed), but never got the additional funding for Stage 1B (or Stage 2). My guess is the government is waiting for HFR to see if...

I suspect that I am one of the few people on this forum who has talked to PP on multiple occasions in the past (I am in his riding and pre-pandemic he would come door-to-door about every 6 months). I once asked him about his opinions on HFR about 6 years ago, and at the time he hadn't even heard...

Presumably FECI made sure contracts were in place to ensure appropriate contracts were in place to ensure Brightline’s priority when FECR was sold. Something it appears as if the Canadian government didn’t ensure when they sold CN (or asked CP if they could take over their passenger rail...

I was in White Rock, BC today and saw an Amtrak Cascades train using Horizon coaches. I didn’t realize that the Talgo Series VI trainsets had been retired in 2020. Two Talgo Series 8 trainsets are still in use though.