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VIA Rail

crs1026 said:
Conflict is not only about actual, it’s about potential and perception. The potential for AC to be conflicted is pretty obvious. I would sure like to hear what safeguards are proposed to address this.

- Paul
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When the news first broke about AC's involvement, government claimed they couldn't comment while the procurement process was still in progress. They need to provide specifics now about their involvement and any safeguards.
 
guavadelic said:
When the news first broke about AC's involvement, government claimed they couldn't comment while the procurement process was still in progress. They need to provide specifics now about their involvement and any safeguards.
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I doubt Air Canada and their share holders would approve of investing billions of dollars into HFR and then kill it. Money is money.

But if they lock in fares unfairly or prevent other carriers from using it when they have an outage or issue, then that would be an unfair advantage.
 
Bordercollie said:
I doubt Air Canada and their share holders would approve of investing billions of dollars into HFR and then kill it. Money is money.
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AC has not had to put up billions of dollars to join the consortium. Their investment is mostly knowledge work in the short term, possibly logistical facilities and data interfaces upon commissioning. But yes their Board likely had involvement in AC's decision to enter this project.

Bordercollie said:
But if they lock in fares unfairly or prevent other carriers from using it when they have an outage or issue, then that would be an unfair advantage.
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It starts sooner than that. AC will already likely have access to market research and studies within the VIA/JPO data room. Other air carriers do not have that access. AC will likely have input to the service design and possibly also the performance specs for the network. They will have a head start in aligning their offerings to the rail design. They may have opportunity to influence what market segments rail targets and which they avoid. They will have access to data that will inform pricing.
Possibly WJ, Porter, and others don't see value in any of that, and don't object to AC's involvement. But one wonders about the optics and the potential for lawsuits based on all that inside data and influence.

- Paul
 
guavadelic said:
One positive aspect of ACs involvement is that it makes it very likely for both Pearson and Dorval to have direct connections to the new HSR.
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Technically,after the current RT projects are complete, the main stations of all 3 of the major cities will have a connection to their airports.
 
Bordercollie said:
Not directly thou
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They are/will be:
Gare Centrale-YUL -- REM
Union-YYZ -- UP Express
Waterfront-YVR -- Canada Line (Pacific Central is indirectly connected via Main Street-Science World station on the Expo Line, but I'd say that Waterfront is the main station)

Only Ottawa's airport rail connection is indirect (doubly)
 
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