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VIA Rail

Pics of the renovation work going on at TMC. Tough to get a good shot while on the move:

Jun 5, 2024
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Did VIA have to put in an application, or are they somehow exempt due to being on rail lands or being federally owned?
 
Urban Sky said:
Not sure whether you mean Environmental Assesment Studies or just Building Permits, but VIA certainly isn’t excempt from the latter…
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A development app or something else where some of the drawings would be posted is what I had in mind
 
Dunno, if this is at all burdensome but it would be cool for VIA to colour code Corridor East and Corridor West trains.
 
kEiThZ said:
Dunno, if this is at all burdensome but it would be cool for VIA to colour code Corridor East and Corridor West trains.
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I don’t know if this would be burdensome for Siemens but I would like their trains to work reliably so that VIA stop having to put the Renaissance trains back to work as they have this week
 
dowlingm said:
I don’t know if this would be burdensome for Siemens but I would like their trains to work reliably so that VIA stop having to put the Renaissance trains back to work as they have this week
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Possibly having two locomotives per train would have avoided this situation (like broghtline). But with any new rolling stock there will be teathing issues and kinks to work out.
 
I'm currently on VIA train #53 from Ottawa to Toronto.

We just passed Pickering GO station, and they announced that we caught up to a GO train and have to wait to get the green light to continue on. Also, we will have to travel at a reduced speed.
While on the CN network, the train was never slowed down by freight and routinely hit a top speed of 155km/h.

Clearly Metrolinx is becoming a problem for VIA more so than CN.

EDIT: We didn't stop for long, but we're travelling at a reduced speed of about 60km/h towards Guildwood.
 
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Bojaxs said:
I'm currently on VIA train #53 from Ottawa to Toronto.

We just passed Pickering GO station, and they announced that we caught up to a GO train and have to wait to get the green light to continue on. Also, we will have to travel at a reduced speed.
While on the CN network, the train was never slowed down by freight and routinely hit a top speed of 155km/h.

Clearly Metrolinx is becoming a problem for VIA more so than CN.
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So probably if the VIA train was on time it would not have to wait for the GO train. But I mean the GO train probably carries per people and Metrolinx owns the network so what do you expect?

Also past rouge Hill there are three tracks so you should be able to pass the GO train.

Also thats only a small percentage of track utilized if coming from Ottawa or Montreal. Blame CN for the 15min you lost between Brockville and Pickering not the 90 seconds between Pickering and Union station.
 
Bordercollie said:
So probably if the VIA train was on time it would not have to wait for the GO train. But I mean the GO train probably carries per people and Metrolinx owns the network so what do you expect?

Also past rouge Hill there are three tracks so you should be able to pass the GO train.

Also thats only a small percentage of track utilized if coming from Ottawa or Montreal. Blame CN for the 15min you lost between Brockville and Pickering not the 90 seconds between Pickering and Union station.
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The only hold up we had before Pickering was at Smith Falls. We had to wait for another VIA train, heading in the opposite direction to pass us. It was only about 10 minutes.

Edit: Barring any issues, we're on track to get to Union "on time" for 4:33pm.

Edit 2: After Guildwood, we hit 150km/h again and passed the GO train. Perhaps I was too harsh. Should have more faith in the system.
 
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Bojaxs said:
The only hold up we had before Pickering was at Smith Falls. We had to wait for another VIA train, heading in the opposite direction to pass us. It was only about 10 minutes.

Edit: Barring any issues, we're on track to get to Union "on time" for 4:33pm.

Edit 2: After Guildwood, we hit 150km/h again and passed the GO train. Perhaps I was too harsh. Should have more faith in the system.
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So how late were you in the end?
 
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