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You could still buy a ticket for tomorrow, but there are only two possibilities: either VIA got enough LEs qualified for the York and Bala Sub (Bala Sub is usually only worked by Capreol crews) - or they relied on CN pilots. In any case, crewing issues appear to me as the most likely reason to me why they jayed trains (like 64/42) between Toronto and Oshawa...
It’s 2 P42DCs on the rear.
They are using VIA pilots for the Bala Sub portion. The crews that operate the Corridor trains form a different pool from those that operate the Canadian, and so aren't trained for the tracks up the Don Valley.
So then the extra crews get off at Oshawa and head back to Union on westbound trains?
They certainly didn’t travel East of Oshawa.
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I always thought it is short sighted of CN to only build single track bridges instead of making the whole line double tracked.They certainly didn’t travel East of Oshawa.
Apparently, several trains have been cancelled and I assume that’s also due to the lack of pilots and slots on the single-tracked Eastern end of the York (just as for the jaying of the remaining trains)
Travel Advisory: Due to a railway
infrastructure maintenance by the Host Railway on November 27 and 28, 2021, the line will be closed, and trains will run on a different route. Trains 643, 63, 65, 53, 55, 69, 59, 669 will incur significant delays upon arriving in Toronto. There will be no service to or from Guildwood Station on November 27 and 28, 2021. Toronto's Union Station is suggested as the closer alternative.
Here a list of the supposedly cancelled trains:
Cancelled trains
Sat, Nov 27 - 61, 67; 60, 66; 47, 645, 55; 50, 40, 46.
Sun, Nov 28 - 67; 668; 47, 645; 50, 42.
VIA detour(?) Nov 27-28
www.cp24.com
If this was simply a question of comparing the benefits, we would have already built HSR decades ago.
| Status Quo | HFR (according to 2021 La Presse article) | HSR (according to 2021 La Presse article) | HSR vs. HFR (according to 2021 La Presse article) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel time TRTO-MTRL | 5:04 | 4:00 | 2:18 | 1:42 faster |
| Travel time MTRL-QBEC | 3:24 | 3:00 | 1:13 | 1:47 faster |
| Travel time TRTO-MTRL-QBEC (combined) | 8:28 | 7:00 | 3:31 | 3:29 faster |
| Travel time saved | n/a | 88 minutes | 297 minutes | 211 minutes faster |
| Average speed TRTO-MTRL (485 km Euclidean distance) | 96 km/h | 121 km/h | 211 km/h | n/a |
| Average speed MTRL-QBEC (233 km Euclidean distance) | 69 km/h | 78 km/h | 192 km/h | n/a |
| Average speed TRTO-MTRL-QBEC (718 km Euclidean distance) | 85 km/h | 103 km/h | 204 km/h | n/a |
| Capital cost | n/a | $12 billion | $60 billion | $48 billion (cost premium) |
| - per minute saved | n/a | $136 million | $202 million | $227 million |
Thats unfortunate. Could they not terminate trains at Oshawa or terminate half at Oshawa and half over the York Sub to Union?Seems like you’ll have two more days to experience the Eastern end of the York Sub, though for a sad reason:
Worker dies after being pinned under rail car in Pickering
A worker has died after becoming pinned under a rail car in Pickering, police say.
Surely they can have all VIA trains go to Union Station via Oshawa VIA station. Am I missing something?
They cannot of the bridge is out of commission, and there was a fatality making the repair take longer.
I'd guess relatively service from Union to Rouge Hill or Guildwood, and then a bus bridge to Pickering, and then some trains to Oshawa.
