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I remember riding my bicycle across the boarder when I was in high school with just my student card (which didn't even have my full name on it). That would never be allowed today.

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That's the heritage livery that most people remember.

I was referring to pre-clearance into the USA, not post-travel, arriving into Canada. I can't find an official reference, but according to this post on Quora: EDIT: Here is an article from The Urbanist in Nov. 2019, which says the same thing. It does indicate that Amtrak was hoping to remove...

Even then, the other problem is that even the former CN ROW didn't go downtown. Imagine if all the tracks to Union Station were torn up in the 60's, so all GO trains terminated at the former North Toronto station, forcing most riders to transfer onto the Young subway line at Summerhill. I do...

The Renfrew Subdivision ROW from Nepean Junction to Arnprior is owned by the city of Ottawa and the track on the ROW is owned by the Arnprior and Nepean Railway (ANR), which is fully owned by Nylene (formerly BASF), the one and only customer on the line. The city also purchased the abandoned...

VIA operates the Maple Leaf north of the boarder. If Amtrak wanted to run an express train the 84 miles (135 km) from Niagara Falls, NY to Union, they probably could (with appropriate permission from the host railway and Transport Canada), but I suspect the economics don't make sense to do so.

I seem to remember reading that you don't pre-clear both customs and immigration in Vancouver (only one, but I can't remember which), and that is why the train still needs to stop at the boarder, just for less time. There were plans to change this, but I don't know if this ever happened. As for...

Interesting report. It wouldn't be a single train from Union to Chicago though. You would have to change trains in Windsor (or possibly Detroit).

That’s only part of the episode. You can watch the full episode on TVO’s website. Worth a watch IMHO. Why Is It So Hard To Get Around Ontario? June 11, 2024

Those "exceptional circumstances" are more common than one might think. Banff and Niagara Falls are two examples of tourist destinations that would punch higher than their populations would suggest. Capital cities (and business capitals) also tend to punch a bit higher than their population...

The thing about inter-city rail is it, as the name indicates, is between 2 cities, so any conclusion that a city of a certain population should have rail service to another city is totally dependant on there being another city within a reasonable distance of significant population. Some like to...

Because comparing a country to a continent is perfectly valid. :rolleyes: Europe has a population of 751 million people, which is more than an order of magnitude larger than Canada. A better option would be to compare to Europe to North America (which has a population of over 592 million...

While I tend to agree, I'm not holding my breath. There seems to be a lot more appetite in the US for Amtrak to provide service to Canada than there is in Canada for VIA to provide service to the US. The problem isn't with VIA but the federal government's unwillingness to give it the required...

Umm. Why would you need Air Conditioning when it is -30 out as it will be plenty cold outside, so it will rely on the included heater. Air Conditioning is only needed when it is very hot, and, as I said, too much heat will rarely be much of a problem in the middle of the night. Only the...

Yes. The prefabbed shelters have a roof and walls Yes, the prefabbed shelters will have a heater. AFAIK, the train will arrive in the middle of the night at all of the stations with prefabbed shelters, so heat will rarely be much of a problem. Possibly, though that could also be done on...

And both of those cities will have station buildings.

So you think a run down 8' x 8' wooden shack with tiny windows would be adequate, but spacious, climate controlled glass shelters aren't?

I suspect those complaining are conflating reserved seating with seat selection.

Here is a picture of VIA's structure I found online: Washago VIA Waiting Room - by true_north on Ramblin' Boy